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by cloutchaser 1258 days ago
So one persons intuition works better at working out exactly what too much wealth or a healthy society means, than a feedback system of about 7bn independent entities kind of trading freely and making decisions, and for example awarding Jeff bezos 100bn for making almost all products available within 24 hours at the lowest possible margins, almost never making a profit, and employing 400k people extra during Covid.

Yes I’m sure these independent “experts” like yourself have a much better grasp at “fairness” and we should all believe that 100bn is too much.

Could you just scientifically deduce for me where the limit is? If I have 100m is that ok? In your expert opinion? Or is that too much? Should we cap at 1m? I’d love to see your maths on what constitutes a fair amount of wealth.

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I didn't call myself an expert, or say that it was fair.
So you’re not even an expert but you think you know what too much wealth is.

The intellectual arrogance of your comment is staggering. And unfortunately it’s a common opinion.

You found my charitable interpretation of what someone else said arrogant?