• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    Rich ppl want cutting edge innovation because they can buy everything that already exists while most people want a functioning society with good infrastructure and services.

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        21 hours ago

        Since forever. To make it more literal, who do you think got the first access to bronze weaponry? Was it the slave laborers or the kings’ armies?

        Can you afford stem cell therapy?

        Mel Gibson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kobe Bryant, and David Beckham can. I certainly can’t. I can’t even afford good health insurance plans in the US.