▲ 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 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