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by drharby 3019 days ago
Because thats his perogative?
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I don't understand why you think this is a good argument. There are plenty of things people are allowed to do that they really shouldn't.
Its not a justification, it is a matter of fact that his decision making is not dependent on the masses' value system outside the realm of law.

Thats what anti trust laws are for.

I perceive any such talk that he should spend his money a certain way as propaganda.

So your argument is "anything you can legally get away with is morally acceptable"?
There is NO ARGUMENT.

An argument posits that there is a factual inconsistency that needs to be clarified through dialogue.

What you are proposing is a debate.

I AM NOT DEBATING - I am stating the fact that in American society the people have political vehicles to enforce cultural morality as codified through law.

And i continue this dialogue because it is important for people to recognize that using morality as a metric is arbitrary when discussion such matters necause at the end of the day morality varies from pers9n to person and culture to culture

That's...not how debate works. You can't just declare that you're not debating while continuing to debate, at least not when we're debating matters of opinion like moral responsibilities.
You are clearly filtering my messages. I have zero desire pursuing this alleged dialogue.

All i am trying to communicate is that he can do what ever he wants.

prerogative, and yeah - if you're the richest person on the planet it would be nice if the employees that got you there weren't living paycheck to paycheck.
but he may not be so rich if his workers didn't live paycheck to paycheck...