Why Aren't The Extremely Wealthy Called "Extremists"?
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[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (4 children)
Very good question...
It's funny how little implicit biases built in to our language changes how we view things
[–]Robin[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
For more on how language frames our thought in this context listen to the start of http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/archive/ug750-5_The_Idolatry.mp3
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[–]O_G_P 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago* (0 children)
The wealthy pursue the same efforts as most people
That's totally unfair. eg normal people don't seek to start big pharma corporations that buy the rights to life saving drugs then increase the price 5000%.
— https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/08/25/martin-shkreli-heather-bresch-mylan-epipen/89334136/
Almost all of the most "extremely wealthy" people seek to control the public's access to natural resources (eg land stolen during a genocide of Native Americans) unless the public hands over money to the extremely wealthy.
In other words, these "extremely wealthy" could more fairly be called "the extremely controlling & parasitic."
The "improvements" to the resources are irrelevant because:
[–]Snow 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Because they are born this way.
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