Evan
@evangreenberg
I don’t know how many Marxist/Dem Socialists we have on FC, but there’s a convo I want to have (rather in person but): It’s presented by Bernie/Zoran/etc that there needs to be zero billionaires because their wealth should be redistributed. I heard someone else say “what if everyone was a billionaire?” I don’t think either are going to happen exactly (no billionaires vs all billionaires), but the decision sets if you make one or the other as the GOAL is fascinating, and I’d love to have that convo with people of many different viewpoints!
15 replies
6 recasts
36 reactions
links 🏴
@links
Under ideal conditions where everyone has opportunity to gain/lose money, I’d have no problem with billionaires. But our current environment means that billionaires can (and do!) make the rules for loss and gain, so they can’t really be dethroned. I think a sane solution to this is to limit the wealth of any one entity (person, company). There are lots of issues with this solution, but I still think it’s for the best.
1 reply
0 recast
1 reaction
Evan
@evangreenberg
What if the current environment is not static and there is the possibility of a different environment. This conversation is not about now, it’s about where do we want to go: Door A: make goal to redistribute wealth and likely live in a fixed pie society based on scarcity Door B: make goal to create a post-scarcity society where everyone has what they need and, for example, things just don’t cost too much so having more money doesn’t actually get you much more Depending on which door we choose, the decision set is very different. Even “limiting wealth” puts us in a decision tree that may “limit cures for cancer” or “limit space travel”
1 reply
0 recast
1 reaction