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And I might add maybe not the happiest people either. They could have everything they want yet they don't always seem all that happy. Elon Musk for example doesn't seem much happier than the average person, maybe even less so (depends on who you're comparing against of course).

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

But on the flip side, you have folks like Bill Gates who has more or less devoted his life to saving as many lives as possible.

Can you fucking imagine thinking that Bill Gates foundation is anything but a massive tax evasion scam set to funnel funds through intermediaries to enrich his family even more? Remember when Zuckerberg said he was going to "donate" like 90% of his wealth? Well, seems that was a fraud too.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT.

We have societies and governments so that we all have equal say in how resources should be distributed, so that we can all be free and all live fair. If we have a society where we accept that someone has the capacity to end world hunger but it's up to them personally to make that choice, then we are back to some feudal bullshit.

People should not have that much money, because money is power, and if they have a trillion dollars and vote with their wallets (like you do), then suddenly they have a trillion votes and you have one. That's the end of democracy, period. No system can survive that.

As a counterpoint, imagine if Bill Gates instead chose, personally, to spend his wealth on propping up an armed resistance force and a private army and into destabilizing governments so that he can seize control like some global warlord, would that also be an example of how capitalism works precisely as expected? I'd say so.

The whole point is that we cannot give private citizens the power to control societies. That's how you get barbarism and dynastic rule and slavery and human misery. Democracy is the only light in the world, and capitalism is a direct challenger to rule of democracy and law. If money is power, then capitalism is a form of government, and a fucking horrific one that will push us way back into the dark ages if we allow it.