“Some stay dry and others feel the pain” (Tay Zonday)
Comment on The Sam Vimes boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness
citrusface@lemmy.world 2 years ago
fargeol@lemmy.world 2 years ago
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 years ago
While this is true for the differences between upper-middle-class and middle-class and poverty which is a lets say 5 or 10 times difference in income, it is not true for the ultra wealthy who are in a completely different league and earn 1000 or 1million times as much.
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Discworld never got to the point of having billionaires.
ranoss@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Came here to say exactly this!
Damage@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
The reason the rich are rich is that they extract value from others’ work. Everything else is just a bonus.