Universal Basic Income or Class Warfare

DwnWthVwls · 12-18-2018, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

the existence of wealth is what mathematically necessitates the existence of poverty

but it's more direct than that, the income of a shareholder/buiz owner directly comes from how much value they can take from workers

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Warren Buffet does not get up and **** a gold brick every morning

he leeches money from the economy creating scarcity, and he will tell you (in more words) that he knows it

Anyone who believes anything else is blind.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 12-18-2018, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I saw kids in that condition when I crossed the border from India to Bangladesh.

It’s ****ing haunting.

I saw starving kids down in Mexico, trying to sell gum for a nickel. Parents that would chop off their child's limb just to gain sympathy in hopes of getting more money from passersby. I'm with OH when it comes to precision assassinations of the people who are running this planet into the ground. But I reiterate, wealth is not the problem. Selfishness and greed are.

Key · 12-18-2018, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there's also the part where you cheat and steal ye

Not denying that. But that's not all cases. That's why I've said that the people that do good with their money regardless of if there wealthy or not are alright in my book.

Good example, my mom is well off and always donates to charity whenever possible. It's just a case by case basis. But I agree that there is a lot of corruption to being wealthy.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 08:29 PM

What’s your mom’s net worth?

Key · 12-18-2018, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

What’s your mom’s net worth?

I'm not comfortable being more specific as it doesn't matter. Just that I know that wealth isn't always corrupt.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiiii

I'm not comfortable being more specific as it doesn't matter. Just that I know that wealth isn't always corrupt.

I don’t think she’s the kind of rich I’m talking about but how would I know

Key · 12-18-2018, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I don’t think she’s the kind of rich I’m talking about but how would I know

Perhaps not. I was just making a different point.

Key · 12-18-2018, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

right but there's a difference between well-off and downright wealthy

there's even a major difference between a millionaire and a billionaire

Agreed. Just saw your edit. Still.

OccultHawk · 12-18-2018, 08:42 PM

There’s a thousand millions in a billion.

If you made a million dollars a year you’d have to work a thousand years to earn a billion dollars.

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