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pkphilipyesterday at 1:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

True. Expecting the super rich to be concerned a lot about the poor - especially when they aren't useful as employees, is quite a stretch.


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fullsharkyesterday at 1:35 PM

Not useful as soldiers even, and that includes those on the enemy side.

lanfeust6yesterday at 1:55 PM

Their wealth is more contingent on our consumption than employment status. If that goes, then you're looking at a zero-sum society where no new wealth is generated.

Ultimately people will remain enterprising status-seekers. Rich people can already sit around with their wealth doing fuck-all excepting consuming, and they don't.

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