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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime. (www.oxfam.org)

submitted 5 months ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/til@lemmy.ca

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[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you count as innocent? Like doesn't use products made in factories with human rights violations? I'm never gonna hit a million, but economists are saying we all need to have a Mil or three in order to retire? I know a couple million airs who seem like normal people, they're just business owners?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean there is no way to goss a million a year without directly and knowingly exploiting people on a daily basis.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What If I gambled some money I made from honest work and won several millions? Who am I exploiting?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All the addicts who didn't win.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 0 points 13 hours ago

And that could've been me.

What if people just donated several millions to me because they liked something I did? that's not exploitation

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 day ago

How did Linux Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, exploit people?

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Millionaire refers to total wealth or cash on hand, not annual salary. Someone making $1M a year is probably worth $100M+ if they own stocks and may be well on their way to billionaire.