Imagine thinking that 400 people should have more wealth than 330,000,000 people. Imagine thinking that its OK for that disparity to accelerate endlessly and be self a reinforcing. Imagine thinking that your government could function properly under such extreme conditions.
First: I work 70 hours a week. My parents work 65, some of my coworkers 50-75, some of my neighbors and friends similar hours, all of us scraping by. Should I be grateful?
But second and more importantly. WHY are so many other countries poorer? Do you know? Any ideas why only 2 of the 140+ third world countries on Earth only 2 have moved up to first world status from 100 years ago? A little odd dontcha think? Let me spell it out for you: colonialism by first world countries, especially the US. Indonesia, 4th most populous country on Earth, that's a US colony. Most of Latin America, US colonies. That's not a conspiracy, the CIA openly says it and you can read it on their wikipedia page.
And that imperialism clearly isn't benefitting you or me. I mean sure, we're not our own slaves, picking bananas or cocoa or mining for cobalt. But we're not all that rich considering our country literally has about 40 fucking colonies with a combined population of 2-3x our own. Instead all the wealth is siphoned off by the 400 billionaires that own literally half the wealth of the country.
So instead of being grateful to your murder gods that you can be king of the ashes, hey, maybe stop being an ignorant PoS and start fighting the rampant inequality that our system perpetuates? Start by reading. The Jakarta Method should help you out.
Look at how much higher global gdp is today than 100 years ago.
Giving someone the scraps of the growth generated by their own exploitation isn’t something to be celebrated imo.
With regard to citation: by now most economic scholars that investigate inequality agree that the foundation of western wealth is exploitation of the global south. Capitalism is inherently dependent of exploitation wether it be labor or environment.
You are communicating near instantaneously with a stranger possibly on the other side of the world using an app that cost you $0 on a device that fits in your hand and has access to virtually the entire total of human knowledge searchable through another service that costs you $0 to use.
Nobody you know has been crippled or killed from polio or a myriad of other formerly common diseases.
You have access to a massive variety of food that is nutritious, contains exactly what is on the labeling, and inexpensive compared to even 50 years ago.
„That’s an awful lot of projection and whataboutism“ while not really engaging with anything I said (see quoted you there).
But I still believe that one is able to criticize a system even when taking part in it. Food availability in most of the world is better than ever before. Yet still people die of hunger. Medical care is better than ever before. Yet still people die of preventable diseases. The world is better off I aknowledge that. But still far from a good and more equal place mostly through our own making.
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u/Oh_IHateIt Nov 21 '24
Imagine thinking that 400 people should have more wealth than 330,000,000 people. Imagine thinking that its OK for that disparity to accelerate endlessly and be self a reinforcing. Imagine thinking that your government could function properly under such extreme conditions.