Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoThe problem with billionaires and never ending growth isn't the vast amount of accumulated wealth. The problem is that wealth was generated by depriving people of their health and livelihood.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down116
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareThe problem with billionaires and never ending growth isn't the vast amount of accumulated wealth. The problem is that wealth was generated by depriving people of their health and livelihood.Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 day agoThat’s like saying “the problem with cancer isn’t the unrestrained tumor growth, it’s the depletion of resources for the rest of the body”—the two go hand in hand.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoEven if it didn’t enable them to accumulate more wealth, depriving many so one can live in excess is still immoral.
That’s like saying “the problem with cancer isn’t the unrestrained tumor growth, it’s the depletion of resources for the rest of the body”—the two go hand in hand.
Even if it didn’t enable them to accumulate more wealth, depriving many so one can live in excess is still immoral.