Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Who did JK Rowling exploit?

All the employees that worked in bookstores making minimum wage, the truckers that had to deliver her books while barely getting by, movie theater employees, need I continue? You can't make a billion without exploiting someone along the way.

She never had a say in how those employees are paid. Therefore, it would not make any sense to say she exploited them.

I'm not saying the exploitation was intentional. I'm saying the system is broken and allows for people to be exploited for gain. If the people getting exploited had a safety net they could bargain for more. However they have no bargaining power. (Cause Unions have been destroyed)

That is exactly what you said when I asked "Who did JK Rowling exploit?" Point being, billionaires aren't the problem. The problem is people unable to sell their value effectively. That does require some institution building, not simply tearing down others.

You & I likely agree that societal safety nets are vital both to human well-being & to ensuring that everyone spends their time/energy on their best possible work in the world, but people who believe all wealth is aggregated through exploitation really don't have ears for this.

Not all wealth. Wealth over $1 billion. Once you reach that threshold and continue to try and accumulate wealth you become a villain. You have 100% freedom in your life at that point and could help millions that are not able to help themselves.

Look, I can't continue talking to you about this until you give me some indication that you understand the difference between founding a company with some valuation & literally having that money in the bank, such that you or someone else could actually spend it to help themselves