• freebee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, the spirit of your comment i agree with, but not the letter.

      Nothing should be completely free, because nothing is free. Water needs processing, electricity needs a grid, sewage needs treatment, etc.

      Basic things should be affordable for all: housing, water, electricity, internet, food etc.

      But “free” creates incentives to be careless with resources. Which is counterproductive to making sure they are available for all at affordable prices.

  • UncleGrandPa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    at this point in time… All hunger, all deprivation, all poverty

    Is because SOMEONE wants it so. Not because circumstances make it so

  • llothar@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Because inequality creates incentive. The bigger the difference between the bulk of the society and the top percentages of earners the more people are willing to risk to reach the top. That’s why there are more successful startups in the US than in Scandinavia.

    It’s a global rat race and the US is “winning”.

  • NegativeInf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Temporarily embarrassed millionaire syndrome. “I can’t vote against what the rich people want, because what if I become rich some day?” Completely missing that they, in the course of their entire lives, will not make as much as what most of the rich assholes of the world make in a day/hour/minute/second.

    EAT THE RICH.

  • BatrickPateman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Hard to believe people work sixty hours. Got a decent living over here in Europe and am currently reducing from 40 to 35, just because.

            • maliciousonion@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              13 days ago

              Everyone doesn’t live in 1st world countries.

              I’m in one of those places where people barely make a living even after pretty much working to death. I am still a student and I have been lucky enough to be born into a more fortunate family. I don’t have firsthand experience, so I will give an example.

              A good example is my teachers. They have a 6 to 5 job 6 days of the week, and their monthly salary is equivalent to 865USD.

              The fact that I can use the internet and tech as much as I want is a blessing