If only there were a few individuals with ridiculous amounts of wealth that we could turn to (whether they want to or not)
How do you imagine that should work? Let’s take Elon as an example. He owns companies that got successful, hence the wealth. It is not cash under his mattress or in the back account, that would be simple to take.
Well surely cutting the corporate income tax rate is the best first step, no?
Oh, wait, that didn’t help it just made millionaires into billionaires? Who could have imagined!?!?
Obviously one can tax the companies and they can collect money from revenues or collect money by selling shares to investors.
Is it just because of a funding crisis, or is it also because of rising prices partly due to sheer profiteering?
It’s all connected. Countries want to donate less. Supply is smaller, not in small part thanks to Russia’s slaughter of Ukraine. The energy crisis that prompted costs rising, again, Russia. Greedy corporations increasing their slices of the pie at record rates at our time of need. Crops increasingly being lost due to the effects of the climate crisis.
Not an exhaustive list, just what comes to mind at this moment.
These problems are still workable but not with the current greed and zero-sum mindsets we get from our own population (e.g. the right in many countries letting out their fascism).
While we argue and fight, millions starve. It’s not just a possible outcome, it’s already happening. People who refuse to acknowledge the climate crisis, people who support Russia, greedy corporations, etc. Their hands probably haven’t been as bloody since the colonial times.
He said they only need $20 billion to feed everyone … well fuck that daddy bezos want to go to space!
20 billion dollar per year? To feed everyone (who is that?) for a year? Wound that be sustainable or would populations explode?
Hm no you’re right, better to let millions starve
Money is imaginary
Money is only imaginary until I have to pay to keep a roof over my kids heads and feed them. Grow up and open your eyes.
Damn bro thats crazy who do you have to pay this totally real money to, and why, and what happens if you don’t? You need to grow up and open your eyes, you’re like a medeival peasant telling me that the King’s authority is a natural and divinely ordained part of nature. It’s sad.
Look, you can live in your parents bedroom not having to pay rent, surfing Lenny on thy internet you don’t pay for and act like you are the smartest person. Come to me when you get kicked out. Nice strawman by the way. Lrn to argue. But I get it, teenagers have a very small minded mentality. You’ll look back and realize how dumb you sound one day. Hopefully. Also hopefully your age matches your mental state. Otherwise you’re a lost cause.
parents bedroom
Gen X coolguy detected, opinion double discarded lmao
Look if you can tell me about some communist commune where I don’t have to do anything but posts shifty takes online, let me know. I’m down to be a bum. Otherwise you are aren’t old enough for real responsibilities and you don’t know better, or going to your boring 9-5 making your money to try to stay afloat and talking out your ass online.
