People are Going to Have to Learn how to Share More

[BuckSparkles]

They don't normally lend money to people in poverty.

And why should they? There is no promise they will get their money back.

[Orange Joe]

So you are saying the successful people with 3 summer homes, sports cars, and a yacht aren't spending?

I suppose if you are comfortable with other people telling you what to do you with your money.

I already give up about 25% of my wages.

[nanook12]

What do you reckon the result is when a horde of people try to invade an honest man's property, who does not deserve or is not legally bound to share in any way?

I can guarantee you, it's not the police helping the idiots to rob any places.

The people outnumber the police a million to one. Lets them try to stop rich people from being robbed once normal people are have no choice left.

[Nadiru]

They don't normally lend money to people in poverty. And the middle class is shrinking.

They lend to governments all the time though, through bond purchases. Thus funding the hopes and dreams of billions of poor people around the world. The sad fact is that the Western poor are still in the global 1%.

[Orange Joe]

And why should they? There is no promise they will get their money back.

Yeah, you might want to read that convo from the start.

[zhero]

So you hate Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros, the vast majority of popular musicians as well as most actors and actresses? Or had you not thought about that... and I'm still waiting on how much YOU plan to start sharing.

you are grossly overestimating a lot of their pay

[nanook12]

So you hate Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros, the vast majority of popular musicians as well as most actors and actresses? Or had you not thought about that... and I'm still waiting on how much YOU plan to start sharing.

I don't like them.

[Orange Joe]

They lend to governments all the time though, through bond purchases. Thus funding the hopes and dreams of billions of poor people around the world. The sad fact is that the Western poor are still in the global 1%.

Poverty rates for a single person is about 12k a year.

To be a part of the global 1% you need to be making about 35k a year.... So no you are incorrect.

[PC2]

Conditions have never been more unequal either.

Doesn't matter, as long as starvation is as low as it is and tech is getting cheaper the vast majority won't get off their ass to revolt.

[GrinningMan]

The people outnumber the police a million to one. Lets them try to stop rich people from being robbed once normal people are have no choice left.

Oh yeah, that's a helpful and completely reasonable train of thought.

[Nadiru]

Poverty rates for a single person is about 12k a year.

To be a part of the global 1% you need to be making about 35k a year.... So no you are incorrect.

You're still well within the top income quintile as a poor person in the developed world.

[khazmodan]

Venenzuela is doing a hell of a lot better than Somalia which is a completely unsharing country.

The IMF estimates that Venezuela’s inflation rate is running at nearly 700% this year, and is projected to exceed 1,600% next year. Yea that sharing is working perfectly.

[Nefarious Tea]

See the thing about Rich people is...they are Rich enough to afford the ways to keep their money safe.. You think wealth distribution is going to happen. In reality, the middle class is going to be the ones paying. This game isn't a new one.

There is only one way to truly fix the world and its money problems... and that is to destroy it utterly and build it anew.

[Saradain]

The people outnumber the police a million to one. Lets them try to stop rich people from being robbed once normal people are have no choice left.

When do you believe that day comes, and why?

Are we talking about countries with no trustworthy law enforcement and/or corrupt goverment, or any socialist country, say, in Europe?

Perhaps it is time for the other countries to introduce a livable wage and a system where the poor and the sick can still live a life worth living. But hey, it'd be called communism anyway so I'll be happy and scoff at those people!

[Orange Joe]

You're still well within the top income quintile as a poor person in the developed world.

/waves to goalpost. Glad you moved it. Was getting boring in that one spot.....

[Poisongaz]

So you are saying the successful people with 3 summer homes, sports cars, and a yacht aren't spending?

I suppose if you are comfortable with other people telling you what to do you with your money.

No they are not spending enough and it would be impossible for those with that much money to do so. The strongest driving force in any economy is the middle class. The rich cannot spend enough money to have an equivalent spending power as a strong middle class. However what has been trending since the 1970s is that while the GDP of America has kept a steady growth rate, wages, specifically middle class wages have stagnated. This means that while the economy of the US is growing, the money is not going to the most efficient places. So to imply that rich people are spending enough money to offset the loss in spending power that the middle class has seen is extremely stupid and shows your ignorance to how basic economics works.

[GrinningMan]

There is only one way to truly fix the world and its money problems... and that is to destroy it utterly and build it anew.

Then the people that do more will have more to show for it, and the people that did absolutely nothing will complain about it.

The only difference now is that people have died.

[Deleted]

The people outnumber the police a million to one. Lets them try to stop rich people from being robbed once normal people are have no choice left.

We have this thing called army and weapons that outnumber their power million to one. Let them try to breach through hail of bullets once they devolve into mindless savages.

[Seranthor]

The people outnumber the police a million to one. Lets them try to stop rich people from being robbed once normal people are have no choice left.

No, they dont outnumber them a million to one... and if you are hell bent on taking what someone else's has, then start with me... Come take it.

[Seranthor]

I don't like them.

then why are you buying their records, why are you going to their movies, why are you supporting them if you dont like them?