• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    72
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    As long as a single human being is homeless or hungry, billionaires should not exist.

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          22
          ·
          2 months ago

          I guess it could be said that the sort of wealth disparity that we have shouldn’t exist

          • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            2 months ago

            what if we didnt have money and cooperated (fucking impossible though because of greed)

            what if the return to monke meme wasnt a meme

            • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              2 months ago

              what if we didnt have money

              It’d immediately be re-invented.

              Money is a unit of measure, a necessary go-between because barter just doesn’t work on any but the smallest scales. If I need a root canal and I don’t possess any goods or access to any services the dentist wants/needs, what am I supposed to do?

              How incredibly naive.

              • RangerJosie@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                10
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                2 months ago

                We’re wired to cooperate. Not compete. That compete part is a relatively recent thing. Last couple thousand years. And not everywhere.

                • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  2
                  ·
                  2 months ago

                  Humans are wired to cooperate mainly if it helps them compete. Basically they cooperate more than any other animal. But cooperation is a means to the end of out competing other groups. That said, there doesn’t seem to be any hard science either way, so this is just my opinion, and your opinion holds equal value.