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jimbofisher1 commented on In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”   cbsnews.com/news/in-5-sta... · Posted by u/jb1991
krageon · 7 years ago
If you cut out the Ayn Rand qualifier from that statement, you're left with "just blatant horseshit". While that is an emotional statement, the core of the absurdity is already revealed in the preceding paragraph. In essence he's already made a substantive argument, is your complaint that you're not following? You find the situation described normal? Perhaps you are not convinced that is what was originally described, and instead it needs to be read with more nuance?
jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
Substantive argument? Care to point that out? Because to me it looks like he is claiming that inequality is unimportant because the poor now have cell phones and color TVs. Which is... hardly compelling. It seems like an extraordinary claim backed by an empty argument. Hence bullshit. I also spend about as much effort refuting flat earth claims, that is to say almost none.

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jimbofisher1 commented on In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”   cbsnews.com/news/in-5-sta... · Posted by u/jb1991
flyingfences · 7 years ago
Still better than blindly trusting Uncle Sam to do the best thing for humanity. At least Bezos doesn't have a track record of genocide.
jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
Why you think giving what is basically unlimited power to an individual instead of a governing body that at least on paper is accountable to its citizens boggles the mind. Celebrity/Wealth worship has truly gotten out of hand.
jimbofisher1 commented on In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”   cbsnews.com/news/in-5-sta... · Posted by u/jb1991
the_watcher · 7 years ago
They almost certainly are. Buzzfeed didn't become synonymous with clickbait by random chance. It literally spun out of a research lab studying the viral spread of online content.
jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
Why don't you go find out how many articles they have written about inequality and tell me how the statistical power of their AB test looks. lol
jimbofisher1 commented on In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”   cbsnews.com/news/in-5-sta... · Posted by u/jb1991
Rescis · 7 years ago
Ayn Rand is both a well respected and an intelligent (albeit certainly controversial) writer. Instead of simply trash talking his arguement on the basis that she supported it, why dont you make substantiative points against what he said?
jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
Respected by who, the Heritage Foundation? Why don't you make a pro-inequality argument? That seems to be the bold claim that requires evidence.
jimbofisher1 commented on In 5 states, richest Americans live in a “new Gilded Age”   cbsnews.com/news/in-5-sta... · Posted by u/jb1991
gatsby · 7 years ago
What has he done wrong in your opinion?

I think my point is that if lots of money is being made, someone is going to have to spend it. You may disagree with how it is spent by Bezos, etc. but I can’t imagine capping net worth so that governments can spend more is the right solution.

jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
You just have to take it to its extreme conclusion. A future with a handful of trillionaires and billions of destitute people entertained by electronics that cost pennies. Is this really the world you want for your kids or grandkids? If we continue to allow the concentration of wealth this is not only a possible reality but a likely one.

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frockington · 7 years ago
Misusing the term Gilded Age is becoming more prevalent recently within the inequality narrative. I'm guessing The Gilded Age was shown to produce more clicks and why let facts get in the way of clicks
jimbofisher1 · 7 years ago
Yeah bro Buzzfeed is totally doing AB tests on Article Headlines about Income Inequality.

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