@jks The rich can only create wealth from extraction. It's all they know.
The rest of us know what real wealth is and know it doesn't come from extraction and imperialism.
"There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest numbers of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest, who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others."
- John Ruskin, Unto This Last
Yeah, Ruskin's pretty worthwhile :)
"The real science of political economy, which has yet to be distinguished from the bastard science, as medicine from witchcraft, and astronomy from astrology, is that which teaches nations to desire and labour for the things that lead to life: and which teaches them to scorn and destroy the things that lead to destruction."
- John Ruskin
Prof Julia Steinberger 🌍🌹🌱
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