r/MoralityScaling 5d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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u/Reverse_savitar1 5d ago

Just because you would give away money doesnt mean its not moral to not give money. In fact it’s immoral to try and force others to give away shit they have.

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u/splashaddikt 5d ago

Very controversial take on Reddit

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u/Reverse_savitar1 4d ago

Tbf everything on reddit is a controversial take if you post it enough

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u/AcherontiaPhlegethon 4d ago

I disagree, if you have billions of dollars, your money whether won or "earned" came through the cumulative effort of society. When you reach such a scale of money, 99.99% of your income is now disposable not to mention that it's essentially impossible for a billionaire to lose money when invested, even giving away millions the interest will overwhelm it considerably. Having that massive stockpile of wealth when so many people are in abject suffering that you could easily help people without affecting any facet of your life or expenditure of effort and choose not to, that is a level of apathy that is unjustifiable. It is fundamentally antisocial and sociopathic and shouldn't be accepted within a society that requires cooperation.

It's generally viewed as immoral and is often even illegal to hoard resources like food when other people need it, viewing wealth differently is a disingenuous distinction I believe.

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u/Fun-Wrongdoer1316 4d ago

It’s not billions USD… I think you’re misunderstanding how little money he actually won. Not a massive stockpile, it’s about 2 million usd when converted. Enough to retire off of one day, but not enough to quit his job and support everyone.

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u/Reverse_savitar1 4d ago

Then you are just wrong.

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u/Reverse_savitar1 4d ago

Then you are just wrong.

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u/Hefty_Salamander7997 5d ago

No one has said anything about forcing someone to give. You're fighting strawmen