Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days 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-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down113
arrow-up152arrow-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-22 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days 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-22 days 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.