return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhy do some people defend the billionaires and capitalism?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down115
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some people defend the billionaires and capitalism?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareVubDapple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up75arrow-down2·2 years agoMany people do not grasp the sheer size of the disparity between the truly wealthy and everyone else.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoOr they take capitalism as good and freedom as an axiom.
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoMost people will take “freedom” as an axiom, but how “freedom” is defined varies a lot. In a society where the commons are pretty much fully enclosed and you are homeless, the petite-bourgeois may very well be free, but you really aren’t.
minus-squarehostops@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·2 years agoI believe your comments is just a paraphrase of: “They are being stupid” In my opinion this is a very toxic way of thinking and does not try to understand the arguments “the other side” presents.
Many people do not grasp the sheer size of the disparity between the truly wealthy and everyone else.
Or they take capitalism as good and freedom as an axiom.
Most people will take “freedom” as an axiom, but how “freedom” is defined varies a lot. In a society where the commons are pretty much fully enclosed and you are homeless, the petite-bourgeois may very well be free, but you really aren’t.
I believe your comments is just a paraphrase of: “They are being stupid”
In my opinion this is a very toxic way of thinking and does not try to understand the arguments “the other side” presents.