DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoIf you agree with this view: Why do you think societies should allow billionaires to exist? How does that benefit the common good?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareIf you agree with this view: Why do you think societies should allow billionaires to exist? How does that benefit the common good?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
Please go easy on the downvotes—the point here is to try to understand a perspective that many of you probably won’t share.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoIt’s because that game (or more specifically The Landlord Game which she made) was meant to teach on Henry George’s work (the guy that came up with the idea of Land Value taxes and explained why they were needed)
minus-squareLehmuusa@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoApparently about 300 billion per year is what would be needed for ending extreme poverty. I’d say we should.
It’s because that game (or more specifically The Landlord Game which she made) was meant to teach on Henry George’s work (the guy that came up with the idea of Land Value taxes and explained why they were needed)
Apparently about 300 billion per year is what would be needed for ending extreme poverty.
I’d say we should.