This can be directly related to real life. Probably one of the most notable philanthropists of our time is Bill Gates.
While I can absolutely applaud that he is finding charities and organisations that help people, I have a hard time doing so because people like him, with that much wealth, exist.
Billionaires can only exist by robbing the common man (customers, employees, etc) of their hard earned money, through stagnant wages that are so far below what should be earned for the work being done that the employee is effectively losing money by working there, and prices so high that the customers are effectively robbed by paying so much for what they’re getting…
There’s so much pain and suffering that can be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to the accumulation of wealth, and the hoarding of that wealth, by the 1%, that it is impossible to feel good about the fact that any one person has that much, while others are losing their homes, their jobs, their families, their livelihoods, because all of their money is being funneled upwards to those who have a disproportionately large amount of money already.
It’s stealing a relatively small amount from a relatively large group of poor people, so that the rich can be richer. And the act is handwaived by many as “it’s only $x” where X is considered to be a small amount of money… Justifying further robbery from the poor as normal.
This can be directly related to real life. Probably one of the most notable philanthropists of our time is Bill Gates.
While I can absolutely applaud that he is finding charities and organisations that help people, I have a hard time doing so because people like him, with that much wealth, exist.
Billionaires can only exist by robbing the common man (customers, employees, etc) of their hard earned money, through stagnant wages that are so far below what should be earned for the work being done that the employee is effectively losing money by working there, and prices so high that the customers are effectively robbed by paying so much for what they’re getting…
There’s so much pain and suffering that can be attributed, either directly or indirectly, to the accumulation of wealth, and the hoarding of that wealth, by the 1%, that it is impossible to feel good about the fact that any one person has that much, while others are losing their homes, their jobs, their families, their livelihoods, because all of their money is being funneled upwards to those who have a disproportionately large amount of money already.
It’s stealing a relatively small amount from a relatively large group of poor people, so that the rich can be richer. And the act is handwaived by many as “it’s only $x” where X is considered to be a small amount of money… Justifying further robbery from the poor as normal.