saneekav@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoBut my favorite single digit billionaire pop star is one of the "good billionaires"!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square270fedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down1102
arrow-up11.15Karrow-down1imageBut my favorite single digit billionaire pop star is one of the "good billionaires"!lemmy.worldsaneekav@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square270fedilink
minus-squaremoral_quandary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 month agoIf the entire human population was just 100 people stranded on an island in the Pacific, would we allow 1% (which in this case would just be 1 person ) to own 95% of all the resources? Hell No! World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s nice to say no, but across history there have been so so many societies that have allowed exactly that at similar scales.
If the entire human population was just 100 people stranded on an island in the Pacific, would we allow
1% (which in this case would just be 1 person ) to own 95% of all the resources? Hell No!
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity
It’s nice to say no, but across history there have been so so many societies that have allowed exactly that at similar scales.