In and of itself, it doesn’t matter at all which country someone lives in, as long as you’re aware of the answer to the question I asked.
The answer is simply: the billionaires—even if you think you can undermine that reality with a counter-question (in Europe, where I live, there are certainly billionaires as well).
However, if—knowing all this—you don’t
come to the same conclusion, I can’t understand why not.
That’s what my original question was about, and so far no one in this thread has answered it: How does society as a whole benefit from the existence of billionaires?
I know my answer to that.
Do you know yours, since you say it wouldn’t make any difference whether they exist or not…
And who do you think has the greatest interest in this? Who do you think has the power to make it happen?
I don’t know where you’re located but if you paid any attention to the current US political system, neither of those questions would need to be asked.
In and of itself, it doesn’t matter at all which country someone lives in, as long as you’re aware of the answer to the question I asked.
The answer is simply: the billionaires—even if you think you can undermine that reality with a counter-question (in Europe, where I live, there are certainly billionaires as well).
However, if—knowing all this—you don’t come to the same conclusion, I can’t understand why not.
That’s what my original question was about, and so far no one in this thread has answered it: How does society as a whole benefit from the existence of billionaires?
I know my answer to that.
Do you know yours, since you say it wouldn’t make any difference whether they exist or not…