flamiera@kbin.melroy.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoWhy do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some people try to humanize the wealthy and people in positions of power?flamiera@kbin.melroy.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefolaht@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoAt what point is someone wealthy using gapminder levels of income where level 1 is earning $2 a day, level 2 is $8, level 3 $32, etcetera? And at what point is a person in power? Is Zelensky in power? Xi Jinping? Greta Thunberg? John Oliver? JT Chapman? Karl Marx? The admin of this site?
minus-squareflamiera@kbin.melroy.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoWhat the fuck does any of that rambling have to do with the question?
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThe OP made a distinction between wealth and power. Your question salad conflating the two, even if wealth does grant power, and muddying the original question with “What is the definition of ‘is’?” isn’t meaningful.
At what point is someone wealthy using gapminder levels of income where level 1 is earning $2 a day, level 2 is $8, level 3 $32, etcetera?
And at what point is a person in power?
Is Zelensky in power? Xi Jinping?
Greta Thunberg? John Oliver? JT Chapman? Karl Marx? The admin of this site?
What the fuck does any of that rambling have to do with the question?
The OP made a distinction between wealth and power. Your question salad conflating the two, even if wealth does grant power, and muddying the original question with “What is the definition of ‘is’?” isn’t meaningful.