points by anticorporate 1 day ago | 0 comments
I'm not sure why people push this false narrative around jealousy. Well, I could speculate, but that likely wouldn't be helpful.
I have no desire to be rich, certainly not as rich as the far right 1% column. I find that level of wealth nauseating and embarrassing. But regardless, "legitimately earned wealth" is doing a lot of work in that last sentence. Perhaps (doubtful) it's possible to earn that much while being legally legitimate, although that speaks more to how fucked up our system is than anything else, but certainly not possible to do so in a morally legitimate way.
[–] Armic 1 day ago
What counts as morally legitimate?
[–] anticorporate 1 day ago
That's for each person to decide on their own.
I'd much rather everyone think deeply about this question than merely hope we all come to the same conclusion.
So you automatically assume that: Too much wealth = ill gotten gains?