AuDHD Flourishing Mini: No, the World Doesn't Need More "Good Rich People"
No, more "good rich people" are not going to save the world. Not the least because the amount of money required to create systemic change (i.e. being a billionaire) seems to make one uninterested in systemic change... I wonder why?
p.s. the real answer is community organizing: power and strength in numbers!
The main problem with this idea is that if you try to massively redistribute wealth, at least in the USA the government will come down hard on you.
For example, I once read that the Black Panthers were much more heavily targeted by the US government after they started providing large numbers of free meals to Black children. (p.s. the link there is to a generally good source, but I can't remember the book I read the actual idea in, unfortunately)
This is also NOT an admonition not to become financially stable! I want more financial stability for all of us... but that doesn't require buying into shitty ideas.
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Mentioned in Episode:
- Episode 10: Money & Surviving Capitalism
- Episode 20: Poverty is Not Your Fault!
- Sam Pollack's Substack post "Conventional Marketing Ain't Workin' Anymore," and my take on it
- My Book recommendation for Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche, and the direct link to the book
- How Trauma & CPTSD Cause Underearning
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