Donkter @ Donkter @lemmy.world

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You're definitely right that you picked apart their argument because ackshually there will always be a richest person. But clearly the sentiment is that someone shouldn't get excessive wealth past their threshold.

How do we define excessive wealth and how do we limit it? Well there are lots and lots of proposals I would suggest reading up on some (you can Google that question to get 10 op eds that suggest 20 different solutions). I wouldn't mind defining it as a certain percentage higher than the median wealth of the country. It would be funny to give Gabe Newell a "you won capitalism" trophy and taking excess wealth he gains.

As for motivation. It's a much murkier subject than you imply. In an economy where the state takes every penny of a successful business's wealth, yeah it makes sense that there's no motivation to make a successful business. But if one could still get rich off of running a business (just not god-tier level wealth) I'm sure there would be plenty of motivation. And hell, if we give them prestige like we do now there's tons of people who do what they do just for the fame with no profit. There's tons of evidence that people aren't purely motivated by the infinite profit of business people all over the world work their asses off in jobs they enjoy or respect that will never pay them Gabe Newell bucks.

That question is a walk you and Jesus have to take alone buddy.

I can't wait for all the horrific post-war PTSD art that comes out of China with these as the centerpiece.

Yummy yummy germs in my tummy

All she has to do is drop the media-seeking bullshit and/or stop being a public figure. It's free and easy.

I read somewhere that it is a symptom of a certain type of artificial muscle-building drug that goes overboard on the chest muscles but that was a reddit comment from a while ago so its probably bullshit.

I think "great" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

It's not that they're immune to facts, it's that they'll see the fact and just willingly lie because they think they have the overall high ground and believe they're trolling right along trump to own you.

He got turned into Wallace. The titular character.

Any trump supporter reading this will see this thread and know that the Democrats are delusional because the full context of the quote shows that it was not to be taken seriously and within seconds Trump not only dismissed it as a joke but called that liberals would take this quote out of context and run with it.

Which is exactly what is happening. Besides giving Republicans more reasons to stick their heads in the sand, what on earth is the point of discussing this? Trump himself called out that it's just more good publicity for him.

I have it on good authority that at least a few seasons of the TV show deserves all the hype it got from someone who checked out the show before it blew up online. But me and everyone else still won't watch it cause, you know...

Both of those solutions would mean that God is not all powerful.

Because the movie already heightens the toys to being alive the punishment is probably more representative of the emotions and desires of vengeance his sister had.

Sure, but that is just lazy drawing. It's not a played out joke and it's an original idea. You can get away with one if you have the other.

Valve is probably ignoring TF2 so that fans switch to deadlock which is tf2-overwatch-dota2 adjacent.

While the weights here are impractical, wouldn't a weighted barrel work really well? If you're forced to engage your muscles against the weight of the barrel you'll most likely be extremely stable.

This jamoke's horny for clown Trump.

I don't think they meant awful as in awful content-wise. Just mediocre, played out jokes with lazy drawing and no originality.

Animals: "ow! Ok, I get that this is a- ow! good huntin- ow! Hunting strategy and I'm too tired to- ow! Run. But this is- ow! Just humiliating."