▲ 365 ▼ Ontario billionaire under fire for arguing poor people shouldn't be able to vote (www.blogto.com) submitted 3 months ago by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's Shopify's Tobi Lutke. A reminder that he's behind Build Canada and Build Toronto, and that Build Toronto's Eric Lombardi is running for the Ontario Librral Party leadership as we speak.
[+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (4 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago Why? Why 100 million? I get that the number of 10 million is arbitrary, hell, I just semi randomly picked it, but a 10 million net worth gets you A LOT more than you actually need. Why allow 100 million, though? 10 million is more than any person would need to love an actually full life with travel and plenty of whatever, and you could still invest some money in a small company. Want a bigger one? Join a bunch of people and make a bigger one. 100 million gets into the range where youncan project power over others and that is the entire thing that got us where we are. No person should hold large amounts of power, humanity has shown over and over that that is a very bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) The multimillionaires would end inflation very quickly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Inflation would steadily decrease their real wealth cap. Wealth includes investments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago Why? Why 100 million? I get that the number of 10 million is arbitrary, hell, I just semi randomly picked it, but a 10 million net worth gets you A LOT more than you actually need. Why allow 100 million, though? 10 million is more than any person would need to love an actually full life with travel and plenty of whatever, and you could still invest some money in a small company. Want a bigger one? Join a bunch of people and make a bigger one. 100 million gets into the range where youncan project power over others and that is the entire thing that got us where we are. No person should hold large amounts of power, humanity has shown over and over that that is a very bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) The multimillionaires would end inflation very quickly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Inflation would steadily decrease their real wealth cap. Wealth includes investments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Inflation would steadily decrease their real wealth cap. Wealth includes investments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Inflation would steadily decrease their real wealth cap. Wealth includes investments. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 months ago* Right, but I'm talking about the hypothetical in which their wealth is capped at a fixed number of dollars. They'd reach the cap and then raise the ladder up after them. permalink fedilink source parent