Comment on "Morbidly Wealthy": The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405b to $869b since 2020—at a rate of $14m/hr—while nearly five billion people have been made poorer

marx2k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why not?

  morbid /môr′bĭd/ adjective

  1. Given to or characterized by unwholesome thoughts or feelings, especially of death or disease.
     "read the account of the murder with a morbid interest."
  2. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased.
     "morbid changes in tissues."
  3. Psychologically unhealthy or unwholesome.
     "a morbid fear of heights."
  4. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly.
     "a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant."
  5. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts.
     “morbid anatomy”

  Other than the fifth definition here, these all seem reasonable to me.

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  • RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The second one doesn’t really fit either I’d argue.

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If day the disease one is the best fit.

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    • jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here’s another for your troubles

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• 520@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It is morbid for society. This is completely unsustainable.

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• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sure it does.

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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wealth can be considered a disease. If you really want to get pissed off, Google “affluenza”

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