Very true.

I was just trying to draw attention to some of the comments that are defending them. You’d think from some in here that a little smidge of philanthropy in retirement makes it all okay that one person can hoarde enough personal wealth to feed millions.

Reread my comment. I’m commenting on the content of the comments.

In these comments: People who think someone can accumulate obscene personal wealth and then give a small percentage away makes them good. But if someone dares suggest taxing that obscene wealth they are a monster.

In a sense, voluntarily choosing to not be a billionaire is the goodest thing a billionaire could do.

If they do it right before they die though, that makes it pretty dubious.

I think his actions as a billionaire are more telling.

Minecraft is just a knock off of Infiniminer anyway and Zachtronics are much more deserving of the billions. Love all their games. What else has Notch done?

Your legs would glitch around the whole circumference of the Earth.

That’s exactly why they don’t want it!

I would have played so many less games in my youth if I weren’t able to trade discs with friends. I would have missed Vice City, Morrowind and Final Fantasy VII to name a few memorable ones.

“Accidentally”

Why do you think peace talks equal surrender? How do you think literally all other wars came to an end?

What happened on the 9th December 2001?

Not single player/story funny, but I don’t think I’ve absolutely lost it to any game (possibly even any thing) more than Gang Beasts. Get 8 friends together for a rumble and cry laughs will be had.

One time back when we were living in an apartment with an inward courtyard facing window, my wife and I were laughing so hard a neighbour threw something at our window to get our attention so they could shout at us to keep it down. It was only 10pm on a Saturday :/

That’s not the point of taxes. At least not in a civilised society. People who can’t afford to contribute should be getting most value out of it.

You think the more taxes you pay the more value you should get out of them? Real “I pay cops wages so they work for me” and “I got mine, pull the ladder up” vibes.

And FYI I would not be in the bottom 50% here, so it’s not some “freeloader trying to get myself a tax cut” opinion. I already pay a considerably higher percentage of income tax than your billionaires! I’m happy to pay taxes because they are for the good of the society I live in and because I have empathy for those in need, but that’s evidently not the prevailing sentiment over there.

The most shocking thing to me here is the tax rates. Everywhere I’ve lived, the lowest bracket of income tax rate is 20-30% rising to 50% for high earners. The fact that the highest earners in the US (literally multi-millionaires and billionaires) are only paying 25% is outrageous to me. The average income tax paid for the 1% bracket is $400k, meaning they are still going home with at least $1.2mil a year. Why are the bottom 50% even paying anything? It’s obscene.

And so what? In this one hypothetical, the skilled experienced surgeon still gets more money to take home than the less skilled, less experienced worker.

Do you honestly think someone who earns 100k a year works twice as hard as someone who earns 50k a year?

And if the 50k earner only pays 20% and the 100k earner pays 40%, they are still earning 50% more than the low earner. Even theoretically it’s not particularly unfair.

True. I always read conscription and think “sent to the frontlines”, but there’s a lot of logistics and support that goes into an army.

True, but the entire sustainable grid shouldn’t be solar. There’s wind, hydroelectric and geothermal which don’t turn off at night and even nuclear is preferable to burning fossil fuels.

I never understood this argument for “we need coal to run the power at night” like batteries have never existed. Do you still light gas lamps at night, or would you use an electric torch?

It doesn’t feel like a great idea to conscript those with mental health issues heavily impacted by stress.

I don’t think you can call yourself grown up because you chose a couple of shitty games and threw your hands up to proclaim ALL GAMING IS DEAD