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Re: Billionaires

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Didn't we already do Rich People are Evil?
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LittleRaven wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:48 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:18 amWell, I don't have enough knowledge of economics to dispute you on that. It still seems like a pretty staggering inequity.
That's not even economics. That's just math.

What's the difference you ask?

Ask ten different mathematicians the same question and you'll almost certainly get the exact same answer from each and every one. Ask ten different economists the exact same question and you'll be lucky if you can any two of them to agree. On basic assumptions.
I find economics so amusing given that it's based around a belief, which is fundamentally what the value of money is.
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Re: Billionaires

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Robovski wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:01 am Didn't we already do Rich People are Evil?
Are they?

As a right winger it's hard to see them as not evil.
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Re: Billionaires

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Robovski wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:01 am Didn't we already do Rich People are Evil?
I'm just trying to bring a fairly abstract socio-economic concept into perspective. I said absolutely nothing about any moral judgements or suggested a course of action for people to take.
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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:58 pm
Robovski wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:01 am Didn't we already do Rich People are Evil?
I'm just trying to bring a fairly abstract socio-economic concept into perspective. I said absolutely nothing about any moral judgements or suggested a course of action for people to take.
Fair enough Fuzzy.
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