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@ryanfmason
I’m basically as far from DSA as possible but I don’t think the “there should be no billionaires” thing is about the nominal amount in either direction, it’s anti-inequality The idea is “it’s immoral for some people to be making $16.25/hour and some people to have 1 billion dollars”
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@ryanfmason
Doesn’t make sense and is basically out of touch with reality, it’s more or less the mindset of a child but it’s not about the number itself
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@evangreenberg
I’m not talking about what’s happening, I’m talking about what’s possible. Is a system that redistributes the only way? Or are you open to people finding technology that grows the pie so much, that everyone has what they need?
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@ryanfmason
I think it depends if you mean everybody is *exactly* a billionaire and has the same net worth as anybody else, or if you means everybody is *at least* a billionaire. I think a lot of people on the left would tell you that as long as X, Y, Z material needs are met then they would be ok with inequality, but in practice I think that’s fake. People now are at a much higher material level than people 200 years ago but the ideology has stayed the same. Says more about people and political opportunities than material conditions
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@evangreenberg
I agree that people who say they want everyone lifted, often seem to fall back on views that contradict. Everyone “at least” a billionaire or “at least” living in a system where technology has brought the cost of everything down so much that everyone is living like a billionaire
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