• trakata@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    The problem with this is creates a bunch of micro-musks, who can get high ideals for shifting society into their warped perceptions by sniffing their own virtuous farts.

    The system we have certainly isn’t fair or efficient, but it’s better than feudalism dressed up as altruistic capitalism.

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      No it doesn’t. It creates caring people working to benefit their communities with the excess they have been blessed with. Do good for good sake.

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        The kind of person who is capable and willing to accumulate billions of dollars is generally not the kind of person who will do good for good’s sake.

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          24 hours ago

          Also good for good’s sake by just throwing money at whatever millionaires think might be needed is simply making the overall societal problem worse, because of the warped perspectives they have.

          Thoughtful coordination, planning and disbursement of funds to create good public works requires careful government.

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          20 hours ago

          I don’t disagree, and the topic is “Millionaires who want to be taxed more”. My point on that topic: Do something good while you wait and push for more taxation.