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In reply to the discussion: The 1 Percent’s Problem - Joseph E. Stiglitz - VanityFair [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)is in the stock market. How sick is that? The huge amounts of profit made off of the suffering of exploited poor people. The vast amount of irreparable damage done to the climate directly causing the coming horrible deaths of millions, if not billions, of people and animals.
Seems like only a heartless, thoughtless automaton who bore no interest but it's latest pleasure could derive any comfort from money made off the backs of that kind of intense suffering.
I could be wrong though. They could just be using that vast wealth to shop locally. Or it maybe even worse. Maybe they use the proceeds derived from the soul sickening investments to purchase things locally and at farmers markets. "Oh yes, I love to shop locally! Thankfully my investments in third world sweatshops, military contractors, prisons, denying people health care & Chevron allow me to purchase handmade goods directly from artisans. We have to support the earth! You know, for the kids." Then hop in the SUV and spew away into the mountains.