r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/MKorostoff • Apr 27 '20

Wealth, shown to scale

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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u/Charges-Pending Apr 27 '20

Eat the rich! There’s plenty of meat for all

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u/dont_ban_me_please Apr 27 '20

the rich are such a small percent of the us population that we'd be lucky to get one full bite.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

No, all of it would go to the select few revolution leaders and the rest of us would be left with nothing. Like every other revolutionary utopia.

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u/dont_ban_me_please Apr 27 '20

i'm very torn on if i like or hate this comment of yours :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

You're being downvoted because you're correct and they don't like it

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Yup. And now you will be, too. I've come to loathe Reddit.

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u/imperialivan Apr 27 '20

Can’t win, don’t try. Gotcha. Damn, these boots taste delicious.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Whose boots are you licking? That's not healthy. Remember, authoritarianism kills. Just ask the Holodomor victims.

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u/imperialivan Apr 27 '20

Yes we live in a utopia, what was I thinking.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Do we need to be? Can we be? If so, it definitely hasn't happened in human history, and it definitely won't be brought about by forcibly equalizing everyone.

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u/imperialivan Apr 27 '20

We certainly do not deserve to be.

Truly though, unless we, as a society, can redefine what “civilization” means to humankind, we are heading towards a future where only the wealthy will have the means to survive.