It’s like religion. They just have faith with no evidence. And at the same time they oppose transparency so they could actually know for sure. It’s wild.
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Replying to @cultofdusty1 @Orthodove and
Wait, I said that I watched your video, why didn't you address anything that I said?
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Replying to @RationalDis @Orthodove and
Mobbed. Hard to keep track. If you wanna send me a text of your criticisms I'd be happy to read it and address it on tonights show.
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Replying to @cultofdusty1 @Orthodove and
If your care about what is practical for policy why would you go after the middle/upper middle class, who are 25-66% of the population, when you could go after the 1%? They have the same amount of wealth so you'll only stand to turn off more people for a similar/worse outcome.
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Replying to @RationalDis @Orthodove and
And by "go after" I'm simply advocating for encouraging charity while discourage wealth accumulation, by using social pressure. Not advocating anything severe.
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Sure, more people giving to charity would be better, but it's not going to solve anything. Taxes are the way to most effectively help people & close that gap. People making $45,000 - $500,000 don't seem to be the problem herehttps://twitter.com/rationaldis/status/1218234842049138694?s=21 …
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Rational Disconnect @RationalDisReplying to @RationalDis @cultofdusty1 and 3 othersAlso, people donating to charity doesn't solve systemic problems. That's basically a Libertarian argument. You need targeted taxes to actually solve problems & you're never going to be able to raise taxes on any part of the middle class in a significant way.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RationalDis @Orthodove and
You say it doesnt solve anything but I've helped plenty of people with my excess. Harm reduction is very important. And I never mentioned anyone under $100k a year after expenses.
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Replying to @cultofdusty1 @Orthodove and
Look, I'm glad that you have done good things with your money, but again, this isn't how we effectively solve problems massive systemic problems. You need targeted taxes on where the money is. Okay, if you're only talking about people over 100k then your argument is worse 1/2
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Replying to @RationalDis @cultofdusty1 and
The top 1% have almost as much money as the entire middle class combined. If you're only talking about the upper middle class then there is WAY less money there. This all seems like something that would be good. People can also give more to charity, but it's not a solution.
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Replying to @RationalDis @Orthodove and
It will greatly alleviate lot of suffering until greater systemic change can be made. Which is the moral thing imo. Just because helping a lot of poor people doesnt completely change the system doesnt mean we should not help a lot of poor people.
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Sure, but "You're immoral for having $100k+" is a hard sell to any part of the middle class or even possibly lower class people Putting in time & energy to tax the few ultra wealthy seems like a better sell here Like you're causing division in BreadTube Good luck with normies
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Replying to @RationalDis @Orthodove and
What we are advocating would actually help breadtube. Thats the whole point of it. Content creators being transparent so ppl can make a more educated decisions about were their financial support will go, which is meant to help smaller creators & grow the community.
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Replying to @cultofdusty1 @Orthodove and
I don't think that's how people make decisions & it's also ignoring expenses. People with more subs are going to get more money. Also, you don't know who else they support financially. I do agree that BreadTube needs to get better at promoting smaller channels.
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