“Governments should heed widespread demands to tax the rich—and match it with a vision to build public goods from healthcare to energy,” said the executive director of Oxfam International.
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You’re correct that no squeeze is required, which is why them doing it is that much more bastardly.
I’d say it’s pretty pointless to blame individuals for taking advantage of a broken system. It’s probably more productive to focus on criticizing and changing the system itself.
Well, guess who is stopping us from changing the system?
Sure seems weird to take a stance that is protecting people who are actively harming you in great and measurable ways, but hey, you do you.
I don’t get any pleasure from hating on people. I prefer to look for solutions rather than ones to blame but hey, you do you.
Not everything in life is about deriving pleasure you hedonist.