The asshole is out of the meme. I’ll allow it.
There are better templates for that, though.
For example:
Yes.
Earth doesn’t have any bills though, dues to the United Federation of Planets are set to start in 2161 at the earliest
Honestly, we don’t even need to worry about the dues. Our planet has already dropped to a “C” level rating. The odds of Earth being recognized are now slim to none.
We should have returned the Space Bucks.
If we’re not careful, it’ll get demolished in favor of a space bypass.
There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.
– Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz
Would you happen to be interested in poetry, by chance?
Under no circumstances should you ever allow a Vogon to read you poetry.
Why should we pay those dues when we’re not even receiving any intergalactic highway funding?
It’s really frustrating to consider that the world would likely be a measurably better place if those 1300 people were permanently removed from the planet, but that it’s also effectively impossible to accomplish that goal.
Edit: anyways, read Ministry for the Future lol
To whom? To themselves,?
Actually yes.
And this kind of thing actually happens occasionally with discharged national debts or medical debts for example.
https://www.reuters.com/article/africa-debt-idUSL5N11L42V20150916/
But the systems still in place tend to just cause debts to rise again.
Where’s the 94% from? That seems really high.
In America alone, the top .1% capture over 90% of all newly generated wealth.
It’s just math over time until the concentration of wealth gets even denser.
For reference, you need a net wealth of 25M to be in the top 0.1% in the US.
https://escalon.services/blog/what-does-it-take-to-reach-the-top-0-1-income-earners/
Could you source that? What timeframe are you taking about for newly generated wealth? During covid where all the stock prices were soaring?
There was a high-profile political campaign that showed these studies all through 2016.
I dont believe there is a good faith discussion to be had on the topic.
The claim in the meme would still be wrong though. I agree the wealth gap is a huge problem, but we need to state it accurately to have meaningful conversation. I’d love to site that statistic you shared in conversations elsewhere, but I shouldn’t without a source to make sure I don’t misinterpret it. I’ll try and dig for it later today.
The claim in the meme would be a mathematical eventuality based on what I presented.
You are jumping from point to point wildly while stating factually incorrect information.
Math isn’t an opinion, so you can’t just disagree with it like that.
If you actually cared about the stats I cited, you would already know the movement who echoes this point loudly with studies and data to back it up. The reality is you are looking for an easy dismissal.
Not to mention, pendants who debate the pieces of a meme while admitting the sentiment is true are obviously not working to be a part of the solution.
Of course, you think the issue to focus on is fine-tuning our statistics, not the massive wealth disparity that is eating our planet alive.
I’ve never heard that claim before. I wasn’t online much in 2016. I was in highschool.
The claim in the meme was 1300 people own 94% of earths wealth. The staging implied that referred to currently. That is false, right? I think accuracy is important.
It didn’t require you to be online on 2016.
You could simply Google the stat and see who pops up to read more.
You’re full of shit.
It’s disputed - reddit source from 3yr ago. (LibReddit mirror on SafeReddit dot com)
Thanks. I have no idea how they came up with that number originally, seems like the calculations are several orders of magnitude smaller.