[ExI] Acceleration of the wealth gap

[Darin Sunley]

To an inner city drug dealer, it absolutely applies. That Rolls is the
result of maybe a few really good deals, and could be gone tomorrow.
Ownership does not necessarily instill a responsibility on a Hobbesian
state of nature. Here today, gone tomorrow.

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:51 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Acceleration of the wealth gap
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> >…People who, due to their circumstances, literally do not believe in the
> future, any future, frequently do things that can very reasonably be called
> "crazy"… Darin
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> Hi Darin, well sure.  I don’t see how that no-future scenario would apply
> to the owner of that Rolls who was participating in the looting, who
> clearly has a lot of money.  She could flee that benighted suburb, move out
> into the country, live a nice peaceful life out there with no concerns with
> finances.  The future sure looks bright to me for that owner.
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> Since the no-future argument doesn’t really apply there, perhaps someone
> can offer an explanation for why one would drive one’s Rolls to such an
> event.  Why not just rent a car for that purpose?  One could hire looters I
> suppose, to reduce the risk to oneself.  Anyone who owns something of value
> has something of value to lose.  Ownership instills a sense of
> responsibility.
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