This is a very good, if disturbing, read.

[ermo@fosstodon.org]

@eclectech I believe that the loss of connection and/or empathy that happens when you no longer share conditions with other people, along with then perpetually wanting more security for yourself at the expense of everyone else, is actually a well known psychological phenomenon.

I also believe that this is one of the main reasons why e.g. the Nordics are very careful about ensuring income redistribution via progressive taxation, because it leads to a more cohesive society overall.

[fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net]

@eclectech sounds very much like William Randolph Hearst holding court at Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Any Hollwood actor or actress who declined would find their career prospects drastically curtailed.

[wesdym@mastodon.social]

@eclectech We must make this level of personal wealth impossible. By whatever means is necessary to achieve that. It's bad for everyone.

[superball@norcal.social]

@moonshinebrigade that’s very well done; thanks for sharing.

[shansterable@ohai.social]

@eclectech
The part of this Atlantic article that got me:
"Eight years later, Bezos and two of the world’s other richest men—Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk—have clearly left the world of consequences behind. They float in a sensory-deprivation tank the size of the planet, in which their actions are only ever judged by themselves."

Billionaires should not exist.

[bookhouse@mas.to]

@eclectech

“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.”

William Gibson, Count Zero. (1987)

[overtondoors@infosec.exchange]

@eclectech

"Eight years later, Bezos and two of the world’s other richest men—Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk—have clearly left the world of consequences behind. They float in a sensory-deprivation tank the size of the planet, in which their actions are only ever judged by themselves."

Yeah, I believe it.

[overtondoors@infosec.exchange]

@greenpete @Christo_459 @eclectech

In the US it's been the fruits of a century long campaign that began during the curtailment of excess following the last great depression. It was not by accident that we've gotten here. The heirs of the industrial revolution got their wings clipped and now their great grandchildren are in league with petrol-oligarchs to stomp every ember of democracy out.

My answer, in short, is to destroy every vestage of carbon energy infrastructure as quickly as possible. Ideally replacing it with renewables, though not necessarily if unavoidable. Heroine withdrawal in order to avoid dieing in our sleep.

[firlefanz@writing.exchange]

@eclectech

Absolutely disturbing.

This kind of wealth must be eliminated. They are a pox, worse than what the author experienced.

[clintruin@mastodon.social]

@BOOKHOUSE @eclectech
"I'm finished."

Daniel Plainsview

[marymaraskittenbakery@troet.cafe]

@Christo_459 @eclectech

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@greenpete It's a fail of the system. Most of them come from countries where they had no or only ridiculous minimum amounts of taxes to pay!
It's politics: #TaxTheRich and we had enough money to solve most of the financial problems, a state can have. A question how a state lives solidarity, e.g. with health care for all.

@Christo_459 @eclectech

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@wesdym #TaxTheRich in progressive amounts and take that for society as a whole. Not that bad! @eclectech

[eclectech@things.uk]

@FediThing It's so good. Not surprising, but it brought cohesion to a variety of different aspects I've thought about.

Based on my notifications it has hit home with quite a few people.

[a_minion@mastodon.social]

@eclectech

It's a given that the Have-Not's have a responsibility to the Haves. The Haves sadly have no responsibility to the Have-Not's or anyone else for that matter.

[marymaraskittenbakery@troet.cafe]

@eclectech
Thanks for sharing!

[momo@social.linux.pizza]

@eclectech
This was more insight than I ever wanted to have.

[compu73e@retro.pizza]

@eclectech "And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.” ― William Gibson, Count Zero

[edit] I see someone else already posted this reply, oh well. my Mastodon client not loading all the replies again

[eclectech@things.uk]

@momo Hah, yes. I get that.

[eclectech@things.uk]

@COMPU73E Some things are worth repeating.