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When people hate others simply because of how much money they have, well, it really shows their colors.
@freemo I'd say those who have expressed satisfaction at the death are expressing anger rather than hatred. The anger is not at others merely possessing money, but at the system that gave it to them and which they heavily supported, and at the good they failed to do with the money.
@gabe That doesnt make it right, if anything that just articulates why it is so wrong..
It would be like me saying (wrongly) that im happy some random black person died because im angry at all the times ive been assaulted by blasck people...
The premise is wrong, black/billionairs as a whole arent hurting people (despite there being plenty of notable bad individuals)... and you using that as justification is also wrong.
@freemo , I'd reject the analogy of course, since blaming one black person for the actions of others of the same race is morally invalid, but blaming one rich person for their *own* actions is entirely appropriate.
The individual billionaire could have done much good with their wealth; they did not. They could have supported a more just economic system that gave them less unearned wealth and better protected the rights of the weak & poor; they did not (indeed they did the opposite). These choices deserve moral blame, especially since they are now individually in the public eye.
(and being angry at those who are morally blameworthy in large public ways is a reasonable emotion!)
