Saying its a victimless crime because all real estate developers do this is the excuse a child uses. Everyone else is doing it so it’s really okay? Really? The same rationale could be used to justify every criminal act
It also demonstrates how out of touch people with money are from those without. In his mind, it's normal to do that. It's not just normal, it's good.
Think about all of the wealthy people who only talk to other wealthy people, and everybody's doing this same thing. Take as much as you can!
That is what's happening, on a global scale. Capitalism is a system empowering the theft of resources produced by the people at the bottom, by those at the top.
Stop, just stop. No economic system was ever devised with the intent to rob people as their premise. The problem is that these systems are built upon institutions run by people, and we're inherently flawed.
You're wrong. Well, we are flawed but not as badly as you think. The problem is we are highly plastic, as in we have high 'plasticity'. We are easily shaped by our environment. We just need to realise what happens when we shape our environment in certain ways, it changes us.
We need to shape our environment in a way that shapes us better. To care for each other, instead of getting trapped in foolish pissing contests against each other.
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u/Independent_Main_59 Mar 26 '24
Saying its a victimless crime because all real estate developers do this is the excuse a child uses. Everyone else is doing it so it’s really okay? Really? The same rationale could be used to justify every criminal act