solid_mujahid@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago"We must choose between champagne for a few or drinking water for all." - Thomas Sankaralemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down15
arrow-up1296arrow-down1image"We must choose between champagne for a few or drinking water for all." - Thomas Sankaralemmy.worldsolid_mujahid@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·18 days agoIf you do the math on the unimaginable scale of wealth our labour is currently producing, we actually do have enough for water AND champagne for all.
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoAnd the people with more champaign than they could ever drink restrict access to the water for the people who are dying of thirst.
minus-squarezarathustrad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoYeah but, if we don’t withhold water from some, and champagne from many, we would be unable to force many to serve the few in other ways less dependent on resources.
minus-squareArt3mis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoOh great, so first diamonds and now you people want to crash the champagne economy. Whats next, mega yachts??? Where is your humanity
If you do the math on the unimaginable scale of wealth our labour is currently producing, we actually do have enough for water AND champagne for all.
And the people with more champaign than they could ever drink restrict access to the water for the people who are dying of thirst.
Yeah but, if we don’t withhold water from some, and champagne from many, we would be unable to force many to serve the few in other ways less dependent on resources.
Oh great, so first diamonds and now you people want to crash the champagne economy. Whats next, mega yachts??? Where is your humanity