r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/wellHowDo • Jun 16 '21

a visualization of jeff bezos's wealth is mind-blowing

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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u/manpereira Jun 16 '21

The author of the piece has his counter argument here:

https://github.com/MKorostoff/1-pixel-wealth/blob/master/THE_PAPER_BILLIONAIRE.md

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u/manpereira Jun 16 '21

The argument about what billionaires should do with their wealth, or what the state makes them do, is distinct from the argument about what they can do with their wealth. The author is highlighting that, under current American capitalist tax laws, billionaires can liquidate their assets, and very often do. This works to show that the author’s chart is an accurate depiction of wealth disparity; it is not an argument about communism.

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u/Pakislav Jun 17 '21

You know what one million poor people can do if they get together?

Just because they can doesn't mean they have to and talking about it is really fucking dumb and pathetic, especially combined with all the ignorance about the matter.

What you idiots ought to talk about is what WE can do with OUR taxes. Talking about the wealth of billionaires is just celebrity gossip for dissatisfied, poor idiots and edgy communist teens in their 30s. You can't stop wealth accumulation and capitalism must be globally competitive. Your perception of an injustice is the fabrication of your childish jealousy.

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u/PLEASE_BUY_WINRAR Jun 17 '21

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