• Lembot_0004@discuss.online
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    4 days ago

    Billionaires are bad not because they’re billionaires but because most of them become billionaires by exploiting the workers.

    I don’t think Swift’s money come from underpaid workers

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      They are bad because they’re billionaires though.

      That kind of wealth concentration is disruptive of the entire economy and social structure.

      Imagine playing poker with $10 worth of chips against someone with $100,000; the game is rigged in their favor regardless of how they got the money.

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      4 days ago

      I dont imagine her touring musicians and engineers get paid that well…

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        Do you have any reason to believe that they get significantly less salary than the median on the market? And that difference is enough to make billions?

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      I think Bezos’s ex is an example of how you can become a billionaire ethically. From what I’ve seen she’s been donating a ton of money directly to charities with no strings attached.

      Well, I’d actually say it’s unethical that she didn’t take more of his money.

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        Wasn’t she a large part of amazon before the divorce though? I mean yes I can look at it and see she’s doing far more good with her money than most billionares. But it doesn’t change the fact that the money came from exploited workers. She participated in exploiting billions, and is actually following through on the pledge to give half of it back.