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the_q@lemmy.world 7 months agoExcept at the very top. That requires no real work… unless putting a boot on the real workers neck counts as “work”.
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the_q@lemmy.world 7 months agoExcept at the very top. That requires no real work… unless putting a boot on the real workers neck counts as “work”.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It does require work. Most businesses have competitors. Most billionaires are extremely competitive people because it takes a lot of effort and luck to get to the top.
Does it contribute to society? No, not really. But it does require a lot of work. Look at the difference between old money and new money families.
Old money families are the ones that don’t work, because they are just normal people with a ton of money. New money families had to work really hard and be really lucky. They literally don’t know how to slow down and relax.
At a minimum, we need stronger regulations, higher wages, and higher corporate taxes to make these people and their money work for us.
lemmycdatass@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
They said ‘real’ work, which probably means manual labor. Old money or new money, I doubt any of them made it laying bricks or pipe…