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Topic	Socialism is poor people saying "Gimme, gimme gimme!"
Clad 07/10/17 1:59:04 PM #112:	hockeybub89 posted... Clad posted... Hinakuluiau posted... it's just rich people got lucky. Lucky to be in the right place at the right time, lucky to be born into the right family, etc. most new millionaires from the last few decades were self made. IE no inheritance, no loans from parents, etc. http://www.fa-mag.com/news/most-millionaires-self-made--study-says-14565.html We've also seen people get poorer and wealth become even more consolidated to a small percentage of the population. We can't just ignore the bad because there is good. New wealth is created all the time. It's why the global economy has only grown rather than shrunk over the course of human history. There isn't a fixed amount of wealth, therefore it's stupid to complain about how much of a current percentage is held by X percentage of the people. It's also stupid to pretend that there's some moral issue with X percent of the population holding Y percent of the current economy's wealth. <cite>Clad posted [p:882661759] in Socialism ... [t:75550215]...</cite> <quote><cite>hockeybub89 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Clad posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Hinakuluiau posted...</cite> <quote> it's just rich people got lucky. Lucky to be in the right place at the right time, lucky to be born into the right family, etc. </quote> most new millionaires from the last few decades were self made. IE no inheritance, no loans from parents, etc. http://www.fa-mag.com/news/most-millionaires-self-made--study-says-14565.html</quote> We've also seen people get poorer and wealth become even more consolidated to a small percentage of the population. We can't just ignore the bad because there is good.</quote> New wealth is created all the time. It's why the global economy has only grown rather than shrunk over the course of human history. There isn't a fixed amount of wealth, therefore it's stupid to complain about how much of a current percentage is held by X percentage of the people. It's also stupid to pretend that there's some moral issue with X percent of the population holding Y percent of the current economy's wealth.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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