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by effed3 1092 days ago
>>The individual pursuit of wealth is not increasing common well-being anymore. >That’s how it’s always been and that’s how we got to where we are today

We are stuck in a planetary size inequality, damaging all, event the rich.

>When Apple was evaluated to be 2 trillion dollars, they didn’t steal that money from other companies or people, that wealth was created by them, their investors, and the people who bought their products

True, assured the have payed all the required taxes. And big-company actually pay (much) less than average citizen. Missing a true progressive taxation, we distort all economy and wellfare, and end with inequality like no more in recent history.