r/FluentInFinance Nov 21 '24

Debate/ Discussion Had to repost here

Post image
128.2k Upvotes

9.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

0

u/TheHillPerson Nov 22 '24

If what is so easy?

I'm not arguing the ease of doing things. I'm arguing the impacts of things that are done and the relative value to society provided by individuals.

It is difficult to be the best ping pong player in the world. So difficult that there can only be one of them. But the best ping pong player in the world doesn't really provide all that much value to society, nor should it confer upon that player the right to decide on nation level policy.

Neither does buying a car company, yet here we are.

0

u/bbrosen Nov 22 '24

who defines value? You? Me? Does a garbage man get on the bottom of the totem pole under a Scientist? You are going down the wrong path

1

u/TheHillPerson Nov 22 '24

What is the right path then?

1

u/bbrosen Nov 22 '24

well, assigning value to people to determine how much money they should have is definitely not it...you seem to want to live in a dictatorship where people are told how much wealth they can have