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minus-squareminorkeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 days agoRich ppl want cutting edge innovation because they can buy everything that already exists while most people want a functioning society with good infrastructure and services.
minus-squareGalactose@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·21 days agoCutting edge ? Rich people ? Since when ?
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-221 days agoSince forever. To make it more literal, who do you think got the first access to bronze weaponry? Was it the slave laborers or the kings’ armies? Can you afford stem cell therapy? Mel Gibson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant, and David Beckham can. I certainly can’t. I can’t even afford good health insurance plans in the US.
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Rich ppl want cutting edge innovation because they can buy everything that already exists while most people want a functioning society with good infrastructure and services.
Cutting edge ? Rich people ? Since when ?
Since forever. To make it more literal, who do you think got the first access to bronze weaponry? Was it the slave laborers or the kings’ armies?
Can you afford stem cell therapy?
Mel Gibson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant, and David Beckham can. I certainly can’t. I can’t even afford good health insurance plans in the US.