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Originally Posted by tame_deuces
Any limit is going to be arbitrary, there isn't some magic objective value that everybody will agree on.
Presumably, most people, except some very weird and medieval-loving monarchists, would think that one person shouldn't own everything. Presumably most people, except some very strange ideological purists, would think it is unfortunate that some people own nothing or next to nothing.
Somewhere on that scale, things start to get problematic for most.
Personally, I think it is stupid that some people have personal wealth to rival nations, while others die or severely suffer from lack of resources that is available right next to them. You don't have to be a communist in favor of radical re-distribution to take issue with economic systems that so greatly slants distribution.
You reworded a problem that is as old as time itself but you offer no solution. If you do not work, you do not eat, as the ancient writings say. People are dying in capitalist countries from lack of resources? Care to post a newspaper article citing just one case? To me the starvation is in third world countries ruled by mobs with guns who take over farms, resources, and people with the threat of death. The best people from first world countries go over there to feed them the best they can.
How many people in first world countries own nothing? Give me a percentage, a guess. Is the fate of the poor in first world countries getting better or worse? Don’t react on primal emotions but look at reality. Do most poor people own cell phones in first world countries? Refrigerators? TVs? Cars? Do they die of starvation in first world countries? OBVIOUSLY NOT!
Why is this? Because the wealthy took a part in creating wealth. Because the wealthy created jobs. How? It’s called capitalism. Google it.