I think that, somewhere north of $1 ~ $5 million is life-changing on its own. There’s no need for someone to have tens of millions or hundreds of millions. Tens of millions is like, changing multiple lives in a family with how much that can stretch.

Whenever someone has billions to their name, it is boggling to think about. That it becomes just ‘fuck you’ money at that point because more often than not, not a lot of billionaires out there being charitable. When they know they’re set for a few lifetimes just by a single billion alone.

No single person should ever have that amount of gross wealth.

  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    I totally agree. And id like to ask, what sort of system benefits this?

    Regulation is what government does and kills small business while large corps either pay em off to get by or they submit to regulation and lose a few billion but doesn’t affect em.

    Socialism is viewed here as government ownership of everything, no more individualism, and Americans fear government above all else (ironically blindly trusting corporations with all their money and data).

    Cant we outlaw corporations and continue as we are? Sure would be nice.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      Cant we outlaw corporations and continue as we are? Sure would be nice.

      I think the world would do better if all of us shrank a bit to be more mindful of a community economy.

      If my neighbour down the street woodworks in his spare time and makes bespoke tables and chairs, I’ll do everything I can to go buy from him rather than a corporation (for example)

      Growing up on an Acreage, it was more common for us to buy a half a side of beef or pork from the farmer next door than to go to the grocery store. Same for vegetables from farmer’s markets or similar community markets.

      It’s less about criminalizing corporations and more about refusing to reward them for making their profits off the backs of poverty wages and government subsidies…

      • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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        18 hours ago

        I agree.

        People are SO against doing that though, almost vehemently so. 1000 people will go to scamazon to buy some junk before 1 person goes 2 blocks to get it from a local store. People are so lazy they dont want to get up to put in a dvd (yes im old, but this is something I heard a friend actually say not long ago)

        Not to mention everything made local costs 4x more by default.

        There’s really not much sense of community anymore in America.