infinite_ass@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 days agoThe whole world population dead or only the 99% dead, keeping the wealthy 1%, which do you choose and why?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down143
arrow-up1-30arrow-down1message-squareThe whole world population dead or only the 99% dead, keeping the wealthy 1%, which do you choose and why?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareculpritus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days ago jeezus this thing just started beeping like crazy
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoReally, you think the 1% is just uniquely bad? You don’t think there might be a systemic problem?
minus-squareculpritus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThe 1% at the top have chosen to maintain the current system for generations.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOk, but do you really think the next one percent down is much different?
minus-squareZoift [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 days agoDo you think the kind of circumstances that would lead to the 1% being ended would be conducive to another slotting itself in without problem?
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI really don’t think you understand the scale of the ultra wealthy - the top 1% own almost half of the world’s wealth. Yes, the next 1% are much different, as they don’t own almost half of the entire world’s money.
Really, you think the 1% is just uniquely bad? You don’t think there might be a systemic problem?
The 1% at the top have chosen to maintain the current system for generations.
Ok, but do you really think the next one percent down is much different?
Do you think the kind of circumstances that would lead to the 1% being ended would be conducive to another slotting itself in without problem?
I really don’t think you understand the scale of the ultra wealthy - the top 1% own almost half of the world’s wealth. Yes, the next 1% are much different, as they don’t own almost half of the entire world’s money.