I don’t mean doctor-making-150k-a-year rich, I mean properly rich with millions to billions of dollars.

I think many will say yes, they can be, though it may be rare. I was tempted to. I thought more about it and I wondered, are you really a good person if you’re hoarding enough money you and your family couldn’t spend in 10 lifetimes?

I thought, if you’re a good person, you wouldn’t be rich. And if you’re properly rich you’re probably not a good person.

I don’t know if it’s fair or naive to say, but that’s what I thought. Whether it’s what I believe requires more thought.

There are a handful of ex-millionaires who are no longer millionaires because they cared for others in a way they couldn’t care for themselves. Only a handful of course, I would say they are good people.

And in order to stay rich, you have to play your role and participate in a society that oppresses the poor which in turn maintains your wealth. Are you really still capable of being a good person?

Very curious about people’s thoughts on this.

  • UziBobuzi@kbin.social
    199·
    1 year ago

    People who hoard more money than they can spend in several lifetimes while people are literally dying in the streets cannot be good. These things are mutually exclusive.

    • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social
      15·
      1 year ago

      For me personally it’s more a question of does your money hoarding system exploit people or is it family money that’s been made unethically. I think keeping that kind of money to yourself is unethical. And I don’t mean you should go living from riches to rags but recognize that you own something to society and do something about it.

    • IninewCrow@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      Another way to describe individuals who hoard enormous amounts of wealth to the detriment of society and other humans is … pathologically unsound and incapable of compassion or empathy for others around them

    • BeHereNow@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Soros attempted to gain wealth to use it as a tool to fight for the oppressed. Didn’t work out too well for him.

      • BeHereNow@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        If you’re down voting please explain yourself. I’m guessing it’s not because you are pro fascism/authoritarianism.

        I don’t know much about Soros, but I find how effectively the powers that be (and wanna be) were able to turn him into a boogeyman fascinating.