[ExI] Why is "cost of living" such a big problem?

Ben Zaiboc benzaiboc at proton.me
Fri Nov 6 17:22:20 UTC 2026


On 06/11/2026 16:20, spike wrote:
>
> Ben this article is paywalled.


No it's not.
Not for me anyway.
Maybe it's just in America. Maybe they are trying to recover the cost of, er, writing a webpage? Just from americans of course.

Try turning off all scripting. The page works fine without.


> Wanting to be rich is not a malady.

I didn't say it was:
"I want to be rich, and I don't care how many poor people die as a consequence."

>   Investing in medical research doesn't
> cause poor people to die, it finances medical research, which cures
> maladies.


And I didn't say it did.
Please try to address the issues we are discussing, not straw men.
-- 
Ben
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." - Pablo Casals, via Albert Einstein



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