• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The only way in my eyes to become a billionaire is off the suffering of others.

    So what if I brought a $10 insulin vial to market and sold 100 million units?

    Is that taking advantage of the suffering of others? How is being a billionaire different than being a millionaire in that sense? Doesnā€™t money come when you provide something more valuable than the money to someone else?

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      8 months ago

      It depends on how you are viewing the situation and at what point you are declaring ownership. ā€œIā€ brought. No you and the people who work for you brought it to market. Instead of sharing that wealth with the workers that created the value. Youā€™ve hoarded it to get rich. And created suffering for those workers as their value was stolen from them to line your pockets. So ā€œyouā€ could bring something to market.

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      8 months ago

      That isnā€™t $1b of wealth or profit. You did not do that alone either.