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If you agree with this view: Why do you think societies should allow billionaires to exist? How does that benefit the common good? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Please go easy on the downvotes—the point here is to try to understand a perspective that many of you probably won't share.

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[–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

People who think billionaires should exist generally don't believe in the common good as much as they believe in Big Strong Man IS Cool and Sexy. Or they don't know how labor works

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    There’s absolutely something to this, in that religions that enforce hierarchies are going to be more attractive to people who desire hierarchies (befitting from them or not). There’s no form in which you can be a billionaire without believing in hierarchy because it’s about as peak of human power as you can get

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