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[-] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

To be fair that's kind of true under capitalism.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org 8 points 2 hours ago

Not really, and especially on a macroeconomic level it's the opposite of the truth.

The happiness described here is not monetary. It's stuff like gay people existing. Your economic status and your queerness shouldn't correlate. So queer people being happy with their lives doesn't take away anything from anyone else.

And on a macroeconomic level, more equal societies produce more growth and thus more wealth for everyone.

[-] Redacted@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

My bad, didn't appreciate it was referring to happiness in terms of social freedoms.

I meant for someone to have a good life without monetary worries on one side of the world it almost necessitates worse conditions elsewhere.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Explain to me how two women kissing causes an unrelated person’s purchasing power to be reduced.

[-] BallsandBayonets 1 points 1 hour ago

That's a social issue and lies on a separate axis from economic issues. Unfortunately in the US the capitalists refuse to give the voters an economic left option, so we have to settle for a capitalist party that panders to bigots, and a capitalist party that pretends to not be bigoted.

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024
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