Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans

• ghen@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yup. There’s no such thing as a good billionaire. We could probably drop it down to a hundred millionaire too

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• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, billionaires should not exist.

  Can we also agree that school should be free and kids should be fed? Can we agree that roads (and rails) should be made and kept safe? Can we agree that our food should be safe to eat and not full of chalk or worse? Etc etc the most practical way to do those things is for everyone to chip in aka taxes.

  One of the biggest problems in America is that since Reagan we’ve stopped truly taxing the rich and with that they’ve bought the government or enough of it to write the rules. Removal of the fairness doctrine, the repeal of glass-steagal, and citizens united are three big ones that come to mind. Where one-side can push their view without pushback or seeing the other side the idea of compromise goes out the window. That random opinions started getting treated same as facts is another thing. That companies could do stock buybacks and effectively manipulate their stock prices and C-suite/board pay meaning they can make money even without actual growth. And of course CU where money became speech and companies gained the benefits of being “people” without any of the detriments.

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• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Its a hard question to answer. How many jobs are created by those people? Is it a net positive or negative compared to someone who doesnt create any successful company in his life?

  I think I just hate the personality of the American billionaries. They are missing a lot of things inside, but that is also why they work so hard, because they need attention and feeling superior to others. Happy people dont even compare themselves to others very much and they feel good just having enough money to get a decent place to live, a decent car and decent food every day. And a partner to make life feel meaningful.

  Of course now, young women are being totally brainwashed by social media so now they think they need to find rich single guys and ignore 90% of guys out there, which makes it hard to find a partner.

  Its all part of the larger plan of making men feel like they dont have a purpose. Its just psyops. But thats a different discussion…

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