Hypercapitalism is killing us. The world's 10 richest men have *doubled* their wealth during this pandemic - while 99% of people have seen incomes fall. A one-off 99% tax on these 10 men's pandemic windfalls could fund vaccines for the world says @Oxfam. oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
@KateRaworth @Oxfam No one earns that much money. I think it’s greed and selfishness. About time society started to look upon this amount of money accumulated by so few as a really bad thing. It’s not enriching our lives,or reducing the amount of carbon .
@Cath_Read @KateRaworth @Oxfam Neither do they! Their 'wealth' is on paper.
@Cath_Read @KateRaworth @Oxfam To say ‘Earn’ is to corrupt it’s meaning when applied to massive extraction of wealth. The 10 men are extractors of wealth earned by people who actually make things.
@Cath_Read @KateRaworth @Oxfam I've known wealthy people,though maybe not in this class! It can have nothing to do with"greed"or"selfishness", not so simple. They can be people who love to work v.hard (workaholic often),and love working in what happens to be (has become),a high paying area