FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat about Bob?mander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·11 months agoSubsidies for fossil fuels need to go, but this isn’t exactly a fair comparison. How many people get $1500? You gotta at least compare total values.
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoWhy? Shell’s not the only corporation
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoHow does that change anything? THE TOTALS SHOULD BE COMPARED. Not exactly going to be millions of corporations getting billions of dollars.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI don’t think you need millions getting billions to equal all the Bobs. If there are 50 million Bobs getting $1500, you only need about 40 corporations getting $2B to exceed them.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months ago“Bob” is supposed to represent an average, or a common man, at least. Your focus is off.
Subsidies for fossil fuels need to go, but this isn’t exactly a fair comparison. How many people get $1500? You gotta at least compare total values.
Why? Shell’s not the only corporation
How does that change anything? THE TOTALS SHOULD BE COMPARED. Not exactly going to be millions of corporations getting billions of dollars.
I don’t think you need millions getting billions to equal all the Bobs. If there are 50 million Bobs getting $1500, you only need about 40 corporations getting $2B to exceed them.
Because this is about Bob
“Bob” is supposed to represent an average, or a common man, at least. Your focus is off.