Maybe we would all do the same thing?
That’s precisely my point. That kind of wealth should not be allowed, specifically because it seems to lead to this kind of behavior. Rare is the wealthy philanthropist; common is the wealthy psychopath.
Maybe we would all do the same thing?
That’s precisely my point. That kind of wealth should not be allowed, specifically because it seems to lead to this kind of behavior. Rare is the wealthy philanthropist; common is the wealthy psychopath.
liam070@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
The question is: can a wealthy philantropist do more good than a wealthy psychopath can do harm? Buying cars is not really bad per se, it just shows they don’t care for anything but themselves. Spending money on research to solve global warming on the other hand…
Telorand@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I would argue that a collectively wealthy society with middle-class wealth can do far more good than a single philanthropist with god-levels of money. Buying cars isn’t bad, but you’re glossing over the fact that they’re classic cars, i.e. very expensive hobbyist toys; these are not daily drivers, and the point to the gross inequality of the CEO being able to have millions of dollars of play money while he treats real humans like numbers in an expense formula.
Plutocracy is not the answer just because you have one good plutocrat for every nine monsters, because you still have nine monsters countering the efforts of the one.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Individual philanthropy is never a solution. Most of the breakthroughs happen by public funding. Tax the rich, and fund the research. Don’t let the MFs claim they’re helping anyone out by donating 1% of their stolen wealth.