Comments by "Sky is really High" (@skyisreallyhigh3333) on "We Found The Most Shocking Billionaire Interview" video.

@springerworks002 "Social security is a charity." You dont pay into charities. You pay into Social Security. Thus it is not a charity, but you getting your money back during retirement. Like, do you not understand how social security works? Do you know why social security exists in the first place?
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@Excalibur2 So if my money goes in, how is it also not my money coming right back to me? Make it make sense
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@Pseudify "Unions held me back. I was a hardworking, award winning employee who could have made more if I was allowed to negotiate my own salary and benefits" No, you would not have been able to negotiate higher wages on your own. You're more than welcome to believe that, but its not a belief that's reflective of reality.
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@Leto2ndAtreides "Separately, many of the homeless do have mental health issues. Which again, is a different kind of problem." The mental health issues they have arised due to them being unhoused
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@Necrapocalypse "Yeah just give up you and your childrens' future, your health, reliable transport, and a stable shelter. Then it's easy!" That's what actual poor people have to do all the time.
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@Natty183 Rand didn't predict shit. Her entire "philosophy" is based off a massive amount of myths and ignorance on how humanity has survived for millennia, which was through mass cooperation and sharing of resources and not selfishness.
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@siewheilou399 "100k is barely scrapping by for a two parents, two young growing children family, pre-savings-for-college-fund, household living in a big city like San Francisco." No, that's still pretty good. People in the same situation with less are some how getting by. Lets stop trying to claim a 6 figure salary means people are poor.
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@modemmark421 "Non-union Workers are too timid and/or ignorant to organize and are therefore" No, its not really either of these reasons. Its that they continue to get illegally fired for organizing. Its that there's massive amounts of union busting. Lets put the blame where it belongs, those with the power to ship jobs overseas. "They choose to be poor slaves" No they dont. Like, what the fuck is your problem. "they are NOT going to become My (or Your) customers, they are a drag upon our entire economy. " Yes, lets blame the poor people instead of the giant corporations that constantly break the law and get away with it due to them owning huge swaths of the government. Lets blame poor people instead of the mega corporations that have been shutting down factories and outsourcing jobs. And considering the vast majority of American workers are not unionized, its 100% false that they arent yours or anyone else's customers. They are. The majority of your customers arent unionized workers. Your hatred towards non-unionized workers is completely unjustified and isn't based in any reality. No one should support your business on the ground of you being an incredibly ugly person.
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@Leto2ndAtreides "But also, investment firms are how people grow their 401Ks for their retirements." Why should people need 401ks for retirement in the first place? "There's also the fact that the correct allocation of capital is important for the economy itself" Important for who exactly? "The modern world is complex, and human emotions never evolved to deal with this stuff... Which is also why humanity has taken over a 100K years to drag itself here" Drag itself where exactly? Can you go into more detail of what you mean by this? "Because human instincts are just not suited to making life better for everyone." Yes they are, you are just looking at human instincts completely removed from nature and instead in a society based purely on greed.
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@Natty183 "Why don't y'all just read a book? Oh, you probably can't read" Oh wow, ad hominem's, how surprising coming from someone who clearly doesn't understand Rand's "Philosophy" and refuses to engage with anyone in an intellectual manner when they have a different interpretation. Atlas Shrugged is a 1000 page snore fest of some whiny brat who was upset that her families massive wealth was rightfully given back to the people that they originally stole it from. sElFiShNeSs Is GoOd. That's the entire basis of here philosophy, even though humanity never would have survived if people were naturally selfish. Humanities existence alone disproves the idea that selfishness is good. Maybe you could try studying modern anthropology at some point, or MaYbE yOu JuSt CaNt ReAd And this is the biggest problem with Ayn Rand's works, it completely ignores that all wealth is stolen from the backs of the working class and the Indigenous peoples who occupied the land first and then had it violently stolen.
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@smh9902 "The sad part is that most millioniares in the industrial age were people that made the world a better place." No they are people who raped the planet and did everything they can to keep the working class as poor as possible just so they can be rich and have power over the poor.
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