The only way that anybody has gotten rich is by taking undeserved money from other people. There is no way to work hard enough in one lifetime to earn a billion dollars.
Even if you win the lottery, for example, that wouldn’t work without all of those gambling addicts losing their money to you.
That wealth is stolen from the periphery countries, who slave away for our quality of life.
Capitalism has to go, but the vast majority of the proletariat in developed countries see only pennies on the dollar in ‘gains’ from the proletariat in developing countries being exploited currently; and even the overall situation of lopsided wealth distribution is more the function of how long the exploitation has been going on for rather than the effect of current exploitation of the labor market.
That’s not a specific action, that’s vague and unactionable.
I need an example of an action, something a human (or group of humans) can do today or tomorrow or this month or this year, or a bill or proposition, that can be agreed upon and acted upon. It also needs quantifiable metrics so that success is measurable, and not just vibes-based.
UBI needs to be tied to an index related to the cost of living, which will result in compounding inflation (which can be a good thing, but that’s an economics argument not worth exploring). As a solution, it won’t fix anything by itself. We also need reforms like restrictions on corporate ownership of residential property, interest rate and banking restrictions, trading reform, and a progressive tax code that makes tax dodgers pay.
The only way that anybody has gotten rich is by taking undeserved money from other people. There is no way to work hard enough in one lifetime to earn a billion dollars.
Even if you win the lottery, for example, that wouldn’t work without all of those gambling addicts losing their money to you.
Yup capitalism is a zero sum game. It’s why I hate people pushing UBI as a solution.
Wait, why isn’t UBI a solution?
Because like I just said is a zero sum game.
Capitalism can’t have a closed system of just taxing it from the rich and giving it back to the rich through buying from them.
That wealth is stolen from the periphery countries, who slave away for our quality of life.
Capitalism has to go, but the vast majority of the proletariat in developed countries see only pennies on the dollar in ‘gains’ from the proletariat in developing countries being exploited currently; and even the overall situation of lopsided wealth distribution is more the function of how long the exploitation has been going on for rather than the effect of current exploitation of the labor market.
So we just suck it up and die?
No, you look at leftist solutions that don’t involve capitalism.
Specific suggestions? UBI is a specific suggestions that moves left. Site it’s still “right”, but it’s left of the current situation.
Again specific suggestions?
Anarchism/Communism.
Capitalism 100% has to go.
That’s not a specific action, that’s vague and unactionable.
I need an example of an action, something a human (or group of humans) can do today or tomorrow or this month or this year, or a bill or proposition, that can be agreed upon and acted upon. It also needs quantifiable metrics so that success is measurable, and not just vibes-based.
For example?
Anarchism, Communism?
UBI needs to be tied to an index related to the cost of living, which will result in compounding inflation (which can be a good thing, but that’s an economics argument not worth exploring). As a solution, it won’t fix anything by itself. We also need reforms like restrictions on corporate ownership of residential property, interest rate and banking restrictions, trading reform, and a progressive tax code that makes tax dodgers pay.