Submitted by VedantGogia t3_y6dqpl in technology
Whiskeywiskerbiscuit t1_issvy6i wrote
Reply to comment by Hank___Scorpio in World's Second Richest Man Sells Jet So People on Twitter Won't Track Him Anymore by VedantGogia
Who’s to say? I’d probably argue that a majority of athletes and musicians are ethically rich because their value is a direct result of their personal labor and talents. That goes out the window for a lot of athletes when they start signing brand deals with companies like Nike that use sweat shop labor. You’d really have to take it case by case, analyze what is making them their money and whether it’s dependent on exploitation at any point along the supply chain.
A large factor in the “no ethical billionaires” ideology is that purposely avoiding paying an equal share of taxes is inherently unethical, despite being legal and encouraged in our current system. Warren Buffett and the Waltons pay a lower actual tax rate than a McDonald’s drive through worker, despite their businesses depending on numerous public services like roads to transport their goods, GPS that runs their logistics, public schools that educate its workforce and so many others.
Hank___Scorpio t1_isswagz wrote
You are to say. You said that people with billions in networth can not be ethical. So then, where is the line? Is it in the hundreds of millions? Tens of millions? Or just in the billions?
Whiskeywiskerbiscuit t1_issxcfu wrote
You’re being intentionally obtuse. People like you have a hard time grasping the concept of a spectrum. You take something with rolling variables and demand an exact, fixed metric with which to measure, when there simply isn’t one. The number at which people themselves become unethical is incredibly individualistic and is determined by their actions, not an arbitrary number they reach along the way to a billion.
Hank___Scorpio t1_issxip4 wrote
Just ball park it man.
Whiskeywiskerbiscuit t1_issxuef wrote
Did you even read my response?
My-Professional-Side t1_ist98pk wrote
No, they didn’t
Hank___Scorpio t1_ista1sg wrote
Your response invalidates your claim.
Whiskeywiskerbiscuit t1_istj68s wrote
How so?
nillerwafer t1_istquxz wrote
It doesn’t work like that, you would do so poorly in an economics course that you would fail out.
Hank___Scorpio t1_isu4yqg wrote
Sharp as a tack aren't we? You come with a warning?
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