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Comment on Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

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Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I really like that as a term, never come across it before.

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anarchy79@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Financial obesity is literally capitalism. That’s the disease. Period.

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- nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Financial obesity is a large part of capitalism, but it’s by no means exclusive to it. Replacing capitalism with anything that tolerates obscene wealth accumulation would be a categorical failure.
  
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