• @Frittiert@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    So why don’t we look after people if we have the means?

    Who has the means? Why don’t they share and use their wealth to really help people and create progress?

    And why do we let them act this way?

    • Deceptichum
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      We as in humans, on Earth, right now.

      Why? Because we’re under a dysfunctional system.

          • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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            No, because the only reason this wealth exist is because people who make close to the median income put hours of their life into their project (and some gave their health and life for them). Take these people off the equation and the rich are nothing, yet they have more money than all the people who’ve accomplished all the work will make in their lifetime… combined!

          • J Lou
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            11 months ago

            There are arguments based on the moral foundations of property rights that illustrate this