The 1% are parasites. — StreetlightX
had kind of a funny thought today — BitconnectCarlos
I had kind of a funny thought today: What if you were to make one of those overlapping pie charts with "nazi" on one end and "radical far left" on the other: Don't you think calling certain segments of the population "parasites" would go in the overlapping middle portion? What else would go in that portion? — BitconnectCarlos
And if you're counting the US only, Bernie's not 1% although definitely in the top 10%. — StreetlightX
Why should anyone be allowed to have $10MM? Maybe 5 or even 1mm is excessive when you have homeless people living on the streets. — BitconnectCarlos
Could we forcibly harvest them from people if we can't find volunteers? — BitconnectCarlos
Top 1% starts at around $10mm-$11mm net worth, of which Bernie is a part of. But doesn't $10mm seem excessive? Why should anyone be allowed to have $10MM? Maybe 5 or even 1mm is excessive when you have homeless people living on the streets.
I think it brings up an important point — BitconnectCarlos
Address what you're saying? Is that an invitation to a genuine political/philosophical discussion about our differences? — BitconnectCarlos
No, it was an invitation to address what I said. — StreetlightX
Wealth is an indicator, a symptom. What matters more are both the means of production and the social and political systems which constrain and enable the use of wealth. Quality, not quantity. — StreetlightX
What point do you even want me to address? — BitconnectCarlos
If that's just your preference in terms of a corporate governance model that's fine. We all have our own preferences for how things ought to be ran. I personally don't believe in any one, universal perfect corporate governance model and in any case we're free to discuss the pluses and minuses of various models. — BitconnectCarlos
Are you even interested in any sort of honest political/philosophical conversation with me? — BitconnectCarlos
Then why did you ask me to actually engage what you said initially? — BitconnectCarlos
Why not instead simply acknowledge that you're in favor of democratizing the workplace? (As anyone who professes to care about democracy should.) And if you're not in favor of it, then be brave enough to say so. — Xtrix
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