▲ 691 ▼ Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds (www.cbsnews.com) submitted 1 year ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) It’s not because of the wealthy that someone else is poor - it’s the system and regulations that allow people to accumulate that level of wealth This is like saying John Wilkes Booth didn't kill Lincoln, a gun did... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] newfie@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's like saying NFL linebackers don't cause concussions, rather its the rules and protective gear of professional football which cause concussions Both ways of seeing it are true - the linebacker is the one actually performing the tackle, but he would not be permitted to cause that damage were he not enabled by the inherently dangerous rules and equipment Same thing here. Clearly the billionaires are the ones directly causing the harm. But they are only able to do so (and only able to become billionaires in the first place) because of the existing system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's not like that. NFL players don't design and control the rules around equipment. Billionaires 100% designed the current system that benefits themselves over everyone else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newfie@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* The currently alive billionaires largely didn't design it; previously alive billionaires designed it and the currently alive ones have refined it. Which is the way capitalism is supposed to work; it's a society ruled by and for capitalists - aka the billionaires who own the largest units of capital Regardless, it is this system that is to blame. The actors within the system are also contributors, obviously. But individualizing systemic issues is not an effective way at seeing the solution. The way to solve the problem of a bad king is not to replace him with a good king; it is to abolish monarchy altogether and replace it with a system wherein the people are the ruling class permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newfie@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's like saying NFL linebackers don't cause concussions, rather its the rules and protective gear of professional football which cause concussions Both ways of seeing it are true - the linebacker is the one actually performing the tackle, but he would not be permitted to cause that damage were he not enabled by the inherently dangerous rules and equipment Same thing here. Clearly the billionaires are the ones directly causing the harm. But they are only able to do so (and only able to become billionaires in the first place) because of the existing system permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's not like that. NFL players don't design and control the rules around equipment. Billionaires 100% designed the current system that benefits themselves over everyone else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newfie@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* The currently alive billionaires largely didn't design it; previously alive billionaires designed it and the currently alive ones have refined it. Which is the way capitalism is supposed to work; it's a society ruled by and for capitalists - aka the billionaires who own the largest units of capital Regardless, it is this system that is to blame. The actors within the system are also contributors, obviously. But individualizing systemic issues is not an effective way at seeing the solution. The way to solve the problem of a bad king is not to replace him with a good king; it is to abolish monarchy altogether and replace it with a system wherein the people are the ruling class permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's not like that. NFL players don't design and control the rules around equipment. Billionaires 100% designed the current system that benefits themselves over everyone else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] newfie@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* The currently alive billionaires largely didn't design it; previously alive billionaires designed it and the currently alive ones have refined it. Which is the way capitalism is supposed to work; it's a society ruled by and for capitalists - aka the billionaires who own the largest units of capital Regardless, it is this system that is to blame. The actors within the system are also contributors, obviously. But individualizing systemic issues is not an effective way at seeing the solution. The way to solve the problem of a bad king is not to replace him with a good king; it is to abolish monarchy altogether and replace it with a system wherein the people are the ruling class permalink fedilink source parent
[–] newfie@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* The currently alive billionaires largely didn't design it; previously alive billionaires designed it and the currently alive ones have refined it. Which is the way capitalism is supposed to work; it's a society ruled by and for capitalists - aka the billionaires who own the largest units of capital Regardless, it is this system that is to blame. The actors within the system are also contributors, obviously. But individualizing systemic issues is not an effective way at seeing the solution. The way to solve the problem of a bad king is not to replace him with a good king; it is to abolish monarchy altogether and replace it with a system wherein the people are the ruling class permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent