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   kravietz 🦇 (kravietz@agora.echelon.pl)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 09:04:41 JST kravietz 🦇

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   @FourOh-LLC

   The real cause of the war in 2014 was #Ukraine’s refusal to join CIS. And Ukraine refused, because CIS was and is dead - it’s a USSR 2.0 with stagnating economy led by kleptocratic, degenerate elites and massive income inequality.

   It’s not a coincidence I’ve brought up this chart of Ukraine vs Poland GDP per capita, because it 100% demonstrates the true cause for #Euromaidan - in 1991 they both started from the same level, but Poland has gradually overcome Ukraine (and even Russia, with its massive hydrocarbons income). There was a very simple reason for that - the common market in EU and rule of law. People in Poland and Ukraine are working just as hard, they’re pretty much the same people genetically and culturally… except their income in Ukraine was largely funneled out by Russian-Ukrainian oligarchy, fostered by Putin’s kleptocracy.

   So why Putin can’t just let go off Ukraine? It’s also very simple - because if Ukraine grew as much economically as Poland just behind Russia’s border, then his own serf society could start asking questions. Why they have to live in shitty mud holes without proper sewage, when apparently “the same people” in Ukraine have everything?

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   Robert Reich (rbreich@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 06:57:01 JST Robert Reich

   The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to @Oxfam.

   There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.

   It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

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   Danilo Campos 🇵🇷 (danilo@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2024 13:11:31 JST Danilo Campos 🇵🇷

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   It's trying to rent an apartment, or buy a house, the costs of which increase steadily as they fall into fewer and fewer hands.

   It is, in other words, inequality.

   It just keeps on going. I remember when I first saw the gap between productivity and wages documented, in my 20’s, I went absolutely off the wall. How were we accepting this?

   I'm almost 40 now. It uh, hasn't really gotten better. Everyone is just kind of walking through the mud.

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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 07:47:37 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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   @aeleoglyphic

   Even if you don’t include america.

   Agreed, I am not including america here specifically. I am speaking of capitalism as a whole (which would include the whole of the EU, the UK and the overwhelming majority of countries world-wide).

   Capitalism in every conception creates inequality.

   It doesnt create inequality, it fairly rewards people for the amount of utility they give to society. Since people give utility to society unequally, this means people are fairly rewarded and those rewards are unequal.

   Capitalism (when healthy) provides equity (fairness) not equality (everyone event) which is exactly how it should be!

   Not just in the context of incom [sic] But in the context of access to resources.

   Agreed, and this is a good thing. People who provide more utility to society should have access to more resources since they have proven to be more effective in converting resources to utility.

   Again equity over equality. The bigger issue is if people have the same access to opportunity. In other words, if you can demonstrate you provide utility to society will you have the equity of having access to the resources you have demonstrated you earned. A healthy capitalism does just that.

   Even in some of the european countries non-citizens are forced to pay out of pocket for healthcare.

   If you can afford healthcare you should be paying for it out of pocket. If you cant society should help you with welfare programs. A capitalism does not preclude social welfare.

   No human should be denied treatment.

   Agreed, and when a capitalist government provides healthcare to those who cant afford it, they are still a capitalist country. Capitalism is not mutually exclusive with social welfare.

   The market decides your worth, which is arbitrary and non-sensical.

   No it doesnt. It defines your access to resources, and it isnt arbitrary, it is based on the utility you provide to society (in a healthy capitalism).

   The fact that you think a persons worth as an individual is synonymous with the resources they have access to is a very concerning POV.

   @Radical_EgoCom @Vincarsi