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So birds in a cage are at fault for living in a cage… and there is no escape from the cage so they should just be content that they have a cage to live in…?
The birds in the cage are also repairing the cage for their owners even when they don't need to. Sure they need to sing for food but the OP comments are about luxury goods.
Diamonds losing value is a good example of how consumers can change the market by changing their buying habits.
What cage are you talking about?
Is Bernie Sanders for example living in a cage??
He can stop working tomorrow and he would still have more than enough money to live comfortably till the end of his days.
Sure, but he would rather everyone have access to affordable healthcare. That's the artificial limitation imposed by U.S. Drug manufacturers.
So why not donate his money to achieve that?
He is a owner of more than 1 house, btw.
Nonsense does not work in real life.
I agree that it's distasteful that Bernie Sanders has the net worth that he does, but acting like somebody with a net worth of a couple million dollars could change the world is idiotic.
Bernie could hoard like 50 million, and if he forced billionaires to pay their fair share, we would still come out on top by a long goddamn way. you need to bitch at the people that are actually individually sitting on enough money to do things like end homelessness in America
Sweetheart, who would he donate it to?
The National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics?
That is a great resource and I'm sure Sanders' lifetime earnings would be a fine contribution to their 1,400 clinics.
After that runs out, wouldn't it have been more effective in the long run to encourage the younger generation to organize against inequalities on a systemic level?
You missed my point, he can donate to them right now and still have a net worth which consists of one house and couple hundred thousands of dollars and he would be living by his principles, instead he is advocating for a change that he is not a part of.
Just to be clear, under capitalism it's his money and he is free to do with it what ever he want, but if he is advocating for socialism shouldn't he start with himself first and lead by example?
Oh I'm sorry, I did not understand your point. Freely donating most of one's wealth and possessions for the better good is helpful, but it is not, nor has it ever been a principle encouraged by Sanders.
When you describe capitalism as "free to do with it what ever he want(s)" we have to acknowledge that money is limited by all kinds of laws, such as ones that disallow the purchasing of slaves, and limit the amount gifted to a political candidate.
The problem occurs when very few people have access to excess capital, or economic energy, which would grant them more power than the limitations created by the government could control.
Sanders' political ideology is not Communism. He identifies as a Democratic Socialist, and is in favor on expanding the rights of education and healthcare through taxation.