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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

The implication that all conflict originates in resource scarcity is incredibly naive.

Scarcity? I said greed. The rich are among the greediest, and they are far from living in scarcity.

What I'm saying is that there would be no need for conflict if everyone's needs were met. Although billionaires contradict this statement, I tend to exclude psychopaths and mentally unstable people when referring to the whole of society.

Bottom line: billionaires are not the cause of poverty.

The business model that created billionaires is exactly what causes hard-working people to not have enough to afford to retire.

Please don't fool yourself into thinking that a system that incentivizes wealth hoarding is not a major part of the problem.