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paleotn

(20,624 posts)
12. Depends on how much bread.
Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:44 AM
Jan 2025

Do you have a couple billion loaves like Elmo? Having vastly more loaves than you could possibly eat in many lifetimes does weird things to our brains. That's well studied and the "hoarders" are a serious problem for a functioning, human society. We're seeing that play out right now.

Not surprising. We're not far at all physically from our hunter gatherer ancestors who did not evolve to live that way. Money makes us do destructive things we wouldn't ordinarily do.

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It is an interesting question bottomofthehill Jan 2025 #1
Thus, we have governments. Which are really just us banding together for the common good paleotn Jan 2025 #4
Ah the beloved Ronald Regan welfare queen bottomofthehill Jan 2025 #6
Totally agree. The sign of a civilized, functional society. paleotn Jan 2025 #10
Justice? CuriousCelt Jan 2025 #8
It is not the two-tiered system we have these days, I can tell you that. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #11
Welcome to DU! KS Toronado Jan 2025 #13
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #19
And yet they have the opposite view on violence malaise Jan 2025 #2
The best description of ethics odins folly Jan 2025 #3
Hear hear! yellow dahlia Jan 2025 #16
OTOH the people who have the bread are probably not "hoarding" it. thesquanderer Jan 2025 #5
Is it ethical to assume anyone who has bread is hoarding it? Patton French Jan 2025 #7
Let's not forget who gets to define "hoard", and how. yagotme Jan 2025 #9
Depends on how much bread. paleotn Jan 2025 #12
I agree 100% that hoarding can be destructive, depending on the circumstances. Patton French Jan 2025 #15
Absolutely unethical if you support a political system that is unable to provide homes for everyone. hunter Jan 2025 #20
Well said Buzz cook Jan 2025 #14
People get ethics and legality mixed up. KentuckyWoman Jan 2025 #17
An old French Socialist joke. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #18
Interesting concept odins folly Jan 2025 #21
Yep. And this. "The comfort of the rich is dependent on an ample suppy of the poor." Voltaire. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #22
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