Yup - God forbid poor folks have nice things rather than funneling every penny they earn to the rich to satisfy their ever-increasing hunger for money.
The average person earns £1,000,000 in their lifetime, and I struggle to see the justification in anyone, and I mean anyone being worth 100s, 1000s, or even over 100,000 human lifetimes.
It’s sickening to see hard-working people having to fight month after month to survive on meager earnings while some dickheads are out there buying megayachts that cost a human lifetime per year just to maintain.
i’m all for not shaming people and everything, but we also do need to be conscious about what we’re buying and consuming.
You probably don’t need a macbook, and if you do need a laptop, there are almost certainly better options that are cheaper, and more repairable. Please don’t buy a macbook, they aren’t good products. (though now with M series macs they actually do work, kind of)
consumerism is not good, we shouldn’t be encouraging it. We should be encouraging conscious spending.
Norway fucked up on eggs this year. They feared overproduction, so they made a subsidy for egg producers not producing… resulting in an egg shortage this Easter.
https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/03/30/scramble-for-eggs-norway-face-easter-egg-shortage/
I don’t shame people for buying unnecessary things. But, I will think you are a little stupid if you are nearly starving but have a brand new car. You aren’t responsible for the system you live in, but you can at least try to make it a little better for yourself.
I’m not talking about people that just spend some money for something they like, quality of life is important. I mean people that will literally cripple themselves financially just for a status symbol. Especially if you have people that rely on you.
Brand new luxury car is perhaps more apt for your example.
Can be hard to find a way to pay monthly for used cars, I believe, vs. plentiful options for installments on new ones.
Eggs were. At least for me, I can no longer afford eggs.
hope it gets better for you
I hope it gets better for all of us.
I heard they jacked up prices due to the Avian Flu. They culled over 80,000,000 egg laying hens
That was 17% of the total population. The price went up by 400-900%, and there was never a shortage. As usual, we got shafted.
The best part is they’ll raise prices due to “inflation” or whatever, then when supply increases…the prices don’t go down!
I’m honestly wondering what the end game is for these MBA asshats ruining everything. Is it really that many people so selfish and myopic that we have to suffocate on this one planet and never reach?
If the prices didn’t go up because of a shortage, because there was never a shortage, why did prices go back down again?
The law of supply and demand explains the price of eggs. If you’re saying it’s wrong then what’s your better egg-splanation?
The prices went back down right after the federal government announced a price fixing investigation and a bunch of news coverage came out about how their claims were bogus.
“Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.”
Regarding the need to feed the poor, I’ve been told the rich are a good source of protein
Yeah they’re just like insects, we can grind them up into a fine powder and mix them into anything. They can’t argue with that because that’s what they want us to do anyway.
How about doing neither, like a decent human being?
No, I think shaming rich people for exploiting the poor is behaving like decent human being. I think if more people did that society would be a much better place.
Honestly, it was a troll. I completely forgot about it - but it’s good to see people took it seriously.
Shame on you, first of all. For defending the rich and for pushing the idea that opinions are insignificant and caring is stupid.
Are you dense. Look how it’s brought everyone together. I’m providing a service.
homie you can be a troll while being satirical. It’s easy.
I’m pretty sure everyone was already brought together in this post before you added anything to the discussion with your “troll” defense of the rich.
100% yes. And start shaming rich people for wanting us to eat bugs and live in coffins while they live in giant mansions and eat all the real food they want.
Bugs are a source of cheap protein too, and it’s more of a cultural thing that they are not prevalent in most western cuisine. And there’s nothing wrong with small apartments; there are more needed anyways, since people tend to live alone these days. If there were more small, cheap living spaces in the US, then the suburban carcentric design, where you can’t reach a grocery store without a car, would have real competition. Higher population density also helps out communities because of lower infrastructure costs.
I’m not rich, but there’s nothing wrong with different food and small living spaces.
To be more specific, there’s nothing wrong with those things being a CHOICE. The problem is with specific individuals telling people that millions of others need to cut their carbon footprint to near zero so that they, as an individual, can keep using their private jet without feeling guilty. And that attitude can go die in a hole. But you knew that.
You shall only have the things you need to be a good worker robot.
Shame the rich who can waste money on a 100k Patek Philippe fucking watch.
I do consider this a type of wealth redistribution. Sort of.
I’m a lot less concerned about watches than about cars (much bigger environmental impact) and real estate (very closely tied to a huge chunk of most people’s livelihood).
