From: punditster@gmail.com
On 2/1/2026 9:41 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 12:03:45 -0500, Wilson
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/31/2026 4:44 PM, Dude wrote:
>>> On 1/31/2026 10:30 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> because billionaires don't have morals, and are slave to chasing what
>>>> they perceive as profit regardless of the effect of others
>>>>
>>>> there's a reason rich people can't make it into heaven
>>>>
>>>> cause we can't even build heaven when rich people exist
>>>>
>>> Because it's obvious that you are biased by even using the term "rich".
>>> There's a good reason people don't want to be equally poor.
>>
>> By global standards everyone here is rich.
>>
>> If there were somehow a sudden great leveling of worldwide wealth today
>> it would almost certainly result in the end of our civilization.
>
> There's an excuse to do nothing and leave everything like it is.
>
Obviously, poor people can't do much to improve living conditions on the
planet.
>
> Could it be possible to do things the right way this time? Maybe?
>
According to Forbes, the 400 richest Americans collectively donated $319
billion to charitable causes last year.
Many of the top donors are members of the Giving Pledge, a campaign
started by Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren Buffett in 2010 to
encourage the ultra wealthy to donate at least half of their net worth
in their lifetimes.
So, join us, before the government takes it all away.
>
>> Any
>> actual progress towards the improvement of living standards has always
>> come from innovation, which requires a degree of concentration of
>> wealth. Long-term overall improvement has never resulted from forced
>> redistribution.
>>
>> That doesn't mean we shouldn't help other people who need it. It does
>> however seem pretty obvious to me that assistance should never be from
>> any sort of centralized coercion.
>>
>> Forced redistribution is regressive and not progressive.
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