• aidan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Life is not naturally easy- it is only because of the labor of others that life is anywhere near as comfortable as it is now.

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      1 year ago

      We have the means to make a fair and equitable society with minimal crime and no hunger. We, as a society, choose not to. We choose the hard life for the sake of getting everything we worked for to ourselves at the risk of losing it all with one bad day. That’s not comfortable. The labour of all should benefit all so that everyone can have an easy and comfortable life.

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          1 year ago

          We choose to continue to live in a pro-capitalist society, therefore we choose the hard life. Pure and true socialism is the easy way out my friend. Comfort for all.

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      1 year ago

      life can be easy for everyone if we all chip in a little, it’s the whole basis of society, we just can’t afford the hoarding aristocracy

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        1 year ago

        Serious question: do you think the “aristocracy” has like, vaults full of money? Like you think Jeff Bezos has billions of dollars sitting in his bank account? Or a literal vault?

        Because that is definitely not how rich people actually live. As a rule, they have very little liquidity as a percent of their net worth.

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          1 year ago

          What does that have to do with anything? Just because the wealth is on paper doesn’t make it any less real.

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            1 year ago

            It matters because people suggest that Bezos et al “hoard wealth” which is both untrue and impossible with the way their wealth is calculated.