Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿1d ago

I love this quote. It highlights the absurdity at the heart of our society.

Under capitalism, it's very normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich, not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane.

#Socialism
#Capitalism
#WealthInequality

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@IndyRichard and it's equally absurd that politicians measure success in economic growth, to the point that any corporation which experiences less profit than the year before considers that a failure even if those numbers are still in the billions, yet schools or social services and hospitals should just accept budget cuts every year.
Jun 29 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadIndy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿22h ago
@eobet And all the more mad considering that with the exception of the energy we get from the sun and whatever asteroids that land here, our planet is a closed system - is exponential growth possible?