▲ 883 ▼ It will trickle down any second now (feddit.org) submitted 8 months ago by HaiZhung@feddit.org to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 72 points 8 months ago (3 children) The weird thing is that these people don't think they're rich enough and want to extract more money from government and the people, and they simultaneously think that the government gives too much money to poor people. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 27 points 8 months ago (2 children) They race to who will be the first trillionaire. It's disgusting. Meanwhile children are starving. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 6 points 8 months ago It's bound to happen soon. And you know what they say, the difference between a trillion and a billion is about a trillion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 8 months ago Surely someone's already there, quietly, long time ago. ... Who owns the debt? permalink fedilink source parent [–] FateOfTheCrow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago To these people, there's no such thing as "enough". Contentment is not a concept that exists within their minds, only a sociopathic urge to acquire more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Imagine how rich we'd all be if all the suppressed emancipatory technologies got availed to each and all. No more impoverishment by rents. Free energy. Negligible cost of travel. All space opened to us each and all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago No more impoverishment by rents. You've put your finger on it there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org 27 points 8 months ago (2 children) They race to who will be the first trillionaire. It's disgusting. Meanwhile children are starving. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 6 points 8 months ago It's bound to happen soon. And you know what they say, the difference between a trillion and a billion is about a trillion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 8 months ago Surely someone's already there, quietly, long time ago. ... Who owns the debt? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 6 points 8 months ago It's bound to happen soon. And you know what they say, the difference between a trillion and a billion is about a trillion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 8 months ago Surely someone's already there, quietly, long time ago. ... Who owns the debt? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FateOfTheCrow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago To these people, there's no such thing as "enough". Contentment is not a concept that exists within their minds, only a sociopathic urge to acquire more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) Imagine how rich we'd all be if all the suppressed emancipatory technologies got availed to each and all. No more impoverishment by rents. Free energy. Negligible cost of travel. All space opened to us each and all. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago No more impoverishment by rents. You've put your finger on it there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago No more impoverishment by rents. You've put your finger on it there. permalink fedilink source parent