• BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If you look at the raw materials used by society-the oil, wood, water, metal, etc.-it is overwhelmingly used by the majority. The rich people have more resources than the average poor person, but it’s still a small fraction of the existing physical resources.

    If we were to take all their stuff and divide it evenly amongst everyone, it wouldn’t necessarily solve our problems. It would be a moral victory. They would become poor and we would become a percent or two less poor.