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AKingsbury

@peterbutler @kitoconnell

"I think the important point is that hoarding far more money than you or your family could use in a lifetime is definitely a bad thing"

I don't have the slightest clue what she does with her money. Supposing she were to give lots of money to charity, for example...is it still bad that she has that money, if she does good things with some of it?

10 February at 17:18 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Kit O'Connell (Federated)

@AlexanderKingsbury @peterbutler hanging onto that much money fundamentally means you are not doing enough good things with it to offset the harm you are doing.

10 February at 17:29 | Open on kolektiva.social
AKingsbury

@kitoconnell @peterbutler

"hanging onto that much money fundamentally means you are not doing enough good things with it to offset the harm you are doing."

That seems to change the calculus a bit. It seems like the question isn't how much money you have, but whether or not you're doing more harm than good.

10 February at 17:32 | Open on mastodon.social
kali yuga fornication
@kitoconnell @AlexanderKingsbury @peterbutler the people who are willing to let it go for the greater good exist, but they are exceedingly rare and their names are quickly forgotten (when was the last time anyone mentioned Charles Feeney on fedi? when was the last time anyone mentioned Elon Musk?), and are inevitably selected against in any system that allows people to not let it go

the cancerous brain-killing blood clot in the economy exists regardless of anyone's moral character
@kitoconnell @AlexanderKingsbury @peterbutler the people who are willing to let it go for the greater good exist, but they are exceedingly rare and their names are quickly forgotten (when was the last time anyone mentioned Charles Feeney on fedi? when was the last time anyone mentioned Elon Musk?), and are inevitably selected against in any system that allows people to not let it go
10 February at 19:03 | Open on akko.disqordia.space
Peter Butler
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Peter Butler

@pstewart @AlexanderKingsbury @kitoconnell It’s like a nihilist’s version of the Socratic method

If you’ve got something to say, say it, THEN ask your questions

10 February at 20:31 | Open on mas.to
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