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!
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
Marxist here Its not about billionaires its about billionaires hoarding wealth at the sake of their workers Jeff Bezos just spent 20-50 million dollars on his wedding, while 26% of his employees have received food stamps while working at Amazon I could care less if someone is rich, its about are the material needs of the worker being met ( which is something zohran addressed immediately after with the MLK quote)
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
44% of households with out children and 55% of households with children, according to most stats i found, receiving snap also have atleat one person working full time. In seven states that participated in survey, Walmart was the number one employeer of people on food stamps, while also receiving billions of dollars in food stamp savings These are massive numbers esspically considering how many corporations are making record profits, and how much the wealth gap is rising between the ceos and the workers
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
Spending not savings*
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ʞɔɐſ
@farcasterjack.eth
purp hit the nail right on the head
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
Lol like I know the no more billionaires or eat the rich is "Scary rhetoric " but like 10 Americans have accumulated more wealth than is imaginable off the backs of the American workers, and 50% of the American working class is worried week to week if they'll be able to afford food, theres a massive disconnect here
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Evan
@evangreenberg
Yes, but what if the solution to that is everyone is a billionaire, rather than nobody is? What choices would you make to have that happen?
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