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Emmie@lemm.ee 6 months agoBut if you cap it there is no reason to improve things, make them more efficient etc. The world runs on greed and it’s very important for progress as long as it can be directed and constrained in a sensible manner.
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok. Let’s do a little exercise, then.
Assuming you’re a working class person, are you motivated by the hope of becoming a billionaire? Is that what drives you to go to work or take a chance at starting a business of your own?
If that dream was capped at 20m, would that stop you from trying to be successful? Is there anything in the world that you covet that exceeds 20m? Or even 10m.
I won’t wait for your personal answer. I don’t think it’d far fetched to say that for most people, their answer would be that it doesn’t make a difference. Achieving 20m would be a dream and give them a far more comfortable life than they have now.
And if they reached that 20m, they’d either retire and give the next generation a chance at the reins, or keep working but necessarily focus more on their employee/customer happiness, because there’s no reason to be exceedingly greedy except as a ego scoreboard thing.
That doesn’t stop innovation, it just means that more will innovate and thrive because fewer will clutch onto their throne and kick others down.
Emmie@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Very selective reading you have their.
I’ll end the conversation here though, it’s obvious you’re not interested in intelligent discourse if you’re cherrypicking like that. Enjoy your billionaire idolatry while you file your w-2