@FerroceneCloud@Wonderwailer@willadams1204@rosbifenth10032 and if you still expect to generate far more?
businesses don't have to be leeching off the masses to still be economically viable. especially in a country with so much (untapped) value there already.
@ArmandH14093978@LongLostLiberty@dubovitsky101@aswren you're so unbelievably out of touch with what the modern individual or family lacks to be able to function in MODERN society. comparing relative lives to the past like that is utterly, moronically futile.
wake up and smell the fucking coffee.
@JayStrellson@LongLostLiberty@NeoUnrealist@aswren and that's the price you pay to have access to one of the biggest richest markets in the west.
if the people in the country begin to do better from these policies boosting public investment, infastructure, welfare and essentials, the country is only a more attractive prospect.
@ScepticalSista@aswren interesting that you resort to classist ad hominem attacks, perfectly mirroring the same dross criticism he's dealt with all his life, as a way for those from privileged backgrounds to downplay and dismiss the important perspective he holds, and the issues he raises. charming.
@Scarletdotty@DrTonyShenton@Brasssneck@samuel_leeds@DanNeidle@Channel4 wait for what? if morons like you weren't so short sighted you could see benefits as clear as day.
if they take their business the infrastructure remains and will be bought by others. the uk is inherently a wealthy attrative country, but it's currently failing its citizens.
@CBRobber@deanoooo00@DrTonyShenton@CharlieMunger00@samuel_leeds@DanNeidle because you, personally, find the convenience of a service useful (even though society could have reached it by other means), it justifies the utter exploitation it takes to even get anywhere near a milestone like that.
& further still, you dont care about effects of inequality?
@hoogilyboogily@DrTonyShenton@samuel_leeds@DanNeidle do you also not see the issues with the accumulation of wealth and resources to fractions of the population, given we live in a finite world?
the primary consumers at the bottom are forced to pay what little they have back up the pipeline. where it stays.
@hoogilyboogily@DrTonyShenton@samuel_leeds@DanNeidle see you're actually so close! it's almost like the state of the modern world has changed dramatically, and without proper reconsideration to address huge systemic issues, a slightly bigger pie is going to do diddly squat.
we must adapt and return a standard of living to people.
@emelem66@DrTonyShenton@adhib@samuel_leeds@DanNeidle yes of course. the government, who barely takes anything from low earners really, is the entire reason why they're suddenly getting worse and worse off and have been for decades.
it's not systemic in any way where they have nothing to lose in the first place.
@GoldAndBitcoin1@llewellynsteven@DanNeidle what you are literally suggesting is "let those who are privileged enough to be ahead, get further ahead".
you don't grasp that if everyone had decent boats to begin with, more people with more ideas could and would successfully contribute to the goals of the collective.
@logi_con@FenderBee@RollingHedge@ADS_DRFC@DanNeidle@garyseconomics how much money do they need to hoard to begin with? these percentages are miniscule. these people probably don't even manage their own accounts. it's a drop in the ocean, for the benefit of everyone. and they're already in a privileged position to keeping gaining more.
@RollingHedge@angryfisherman5@Nope123587@DanNeidle@garyseconomics even if inequality is not actually increasing any further, we can acknowledge the world is only getting harder to live in for most people, and there was far too much to begin with. real standards of living have plummeted.
we should be actively trying to REVERSE this dystopia.