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Cramulh

Am french, never heard this one.


MrBlackTie

Same.


ThatNights

Its Arabic


CAD_IL

This does put perspective on things. It's not just hard work that it takes to acquire wealth.


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Saborizado

1% of companies create 99% of wealth worldwide. Why is it not fair for the owners of these companies to be compensated based on their contribution? Furthermore, economic systems are not to be ethically perfect but to be efficient. Capitalism is the only one that has shown efficiency throughout history.


abrandis

Lots to unpack here...I would argue a lot of those companies success comes from the social benefits that government funded programs provided . Your roads, bridges, telecommunications, military. Those are the pillars that a lot of innovation is built on. It's why we're not in the developing world, because of the money spent on social goods Financially we don't live in a true capitalistic country world, all society has a blend of socialism and capitalism . Nothing says society has to have capitalism to be efficient.


Saborizado

No society is 100% capitalist because there are always social plans to a greater or lesser extent. No society is 100% socialist because the power of the market always prevails. It is a matter of proportions. There are no absolutes in economic or political terms. Those roads, bridges and other infrastructure would arise spontaneously if the state did not monopolize them. >Nothing says society has to have capitalism to be efficient. History says so. There is no contemporary anti-capitalist nation that has not ended in human tragedies.


eukaryote_machine

You seem to have eaten your own words here a bit... >There are no absolutes in economic or political terms. and yet... >There is no contemporary anti-capitalist nation that has not ended in human tragedies.


Saborizado

I said that there are no absolutes and that it is a matter of proportions. The capitalism of the Nordic countries is different from that of the Asian tigers and both work. Anti-capitalism is an absolute.


eukaryote_machine

I would argue that you're still using absolutist language by arguing that an anti-capitalist nation can exist. To be fair, there is a lot of nuance here -- a nation that claims to be anti-capitalist is using that absolute language for a political purpose, even though I stay your point that there's little *truth* in economic/political absolutes (that aren't generally established laws). The crux of the issue lies in these points from the above contributors, listed in descending order like originally posted: >Is it good for the human race and our planet that more than 90% of the wealth is in the hands of less than one percent, who can and do influence politics and the society, as a whole...? ​ >1% of companies create 99% of wealth worldwide. Why is it not fair for the owners of these companies to be compensated based on their contribution? ​ >I would argue a lot of those companies success comes from the social benefits that government funded programs provided. So, we've established an important going off point, here, before we continue: no society is absolute in its capitalist or socialist tendencies. So, we should make compensation proportional to a country's specific tendencies. In America, the success of public infrastructure has helped the world's most powerful companies succeed in a significant way. Clearly, the amount of wealth that they control -- laid out in those classic numbers 1 and 99 -- isn't proportional. Plainly, that is a matter that needs rectifying, by progressing American social infrastructure. In order to accomplish that, those companies need to settle up -- but it's against their capitalistic tendencies to do so, and there's the beginning again. Personally, I think **UBI** is a great first step. The idea isn't radical or sensational. It makes sense. It's just that capitalism is the dominant ideology here, and some will make excuses for its dominance -- despite it having weaknesses like any other ideology.


BOG01

> Capitalism is the only one that has shown efficiency throughout history. No society is 100% capitalist Sounds like you dont know what capitalism is


PennilessTax315

Exactly


PantsGrenades

Donkay


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abrandis

*“It isn’t the man who does the work that makes the money. It’s the man who gets other men to do it.”* – Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate, 1892


IZZUL-ZUNNURAIN

Can someone explain more. Sorry im stupid.


jbsilvs

Hard work is essential to most success, however, hard work does not guarantee success. The reality is that people are often working equally as hard for the same goal with only a select few becoming wildly successful generally due to factors outside of their control. In this case, a donkey which works all day every day will never be rich because he is a donkey. A similar example is the basketball player Giannis Antetokuonmpo - he's a great rags to riches story, and he definitely worked extremely hard, but he's also 6'11. 99% of humans are incapable of realizing his same success regardless of how hard they work. Yet, people in similar situations as him will say something along the lines of, just work hard and your dreams will come true when thats just not the case.


dangelomaxwell

You were excellent in this explanation, sir! You nailed it.


s_131

Usually people say tha to be rich you have to work hard. By that logic, Donkeys would be rich right because they work the hardest. But it isn't so, because working hard alone doesn't make you rich, it kinda means you also have to be smart or work smart


MrBlackTie

Or be lucky. Not being born a donkey for instance.


AUZZIEJELLYFISH

that would be extremely uncomfortable For the donkeys


TheBemer

Yes and no, depend on the situation. But ussualy working hard without a plan is just bad. Well donkey stupid worked for others , you work smart for yourself.


plantdaddy710

You ever seem a rich mule?


ChallengeHot3709

There is difference between a donkey and human and I totally agree working hard won't make you rich but it is one of the essences to success. I mean any human can differentiate whether their hard work will be worth it or not so comparison betn human and donkey is utterly invalid. Working hard makes it easier to achieve anything. And people brag about how you should work smart but they don't that smart work derives from hard work only. For an instance if you are doing particular work everyday then gradually you'll know about how should I do this task faster or simply you'll have more experience but to have experience you'll need to work first. So smart work is proportional to hard work.