Spyke

Dozens, hundreds, thousands, or potentially even millions of other families… and yet, they don’t.

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BigBenisreply
lemmy.world

To put it into perspective, one billion is one-hundred thousand ten thousand times over. In other words, one billion dollars per year could provide ten-thousand families with an annual income well above that of the current national average.

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Plot twist: the billionaire is on the left

Plot twister: everybody saw it coming

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Of course they have to.

Let them have a regular, non-9-digit wage like the rest of us.

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lemmy.world

I had a guy (political science student) explain that slave owners have responsibility too. And if they don't own slaves how are they supposed to earn money?

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Brother was so lost in the sauce he actually circled back to the reality of "the ownership class is fundamentally useless and worthless to society unless EXPLICITLY given a group to exploit". Incredible.

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In the words of the Bolshevik who bayoneted the Romanov children, “nits grow up to be lice”

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Kecessareply
sh.itjust.works

Bin Laden had a family as well, funny how he killed less people yet the US government didn't mind spending trillions to get to him...

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Assuming those families are not in on the racket, and they often are, they deserve better.

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