SwingingTheLampFeb 20

Extreme wealth inequality is baked in to the system

https://piefed.zip/c/youshouldknow/p/1110776/extreme-wealth-inequality-is-baked-in-to-the-system

Extreme wealth inequality is baked in to the system

The simple math of the Yard-Sale Model shows that if everybody started out with equal money in a fair economy, the outcome tends toward one person …

Show threadmelfie

Hard work does not create wealth. The only thing that creates wealth is wealth, and we have it, and you don’t.

This quote from Horrible Bosses 2 always stood out to me.

Feb 20 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadfallaciousBasisFeb 20

Wealth is not the same as power. Wealth is owning money. Power is owning souls.

House of Cards… Paraphrasing Frank.

Show threadRememberTheApollo_Feb 20
But one seems to always grant the other. You don’t get just the power, or just the money.