• Sc00ter@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    Did anyone say that it was better this way? He could just go buy another yatch instead.

    Dont let perfection be the enemy of better

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      millionares($) wouldn’t be able to afford multiple yachts, or even so large of a yacht. billionares, those who offshoring wealth makes sense for, are the problem.

      not the docter nor lawyer, but the whale.

      millionares pay about 48%-49%, at least where im from.

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      7 hours ago

      Man, Im starting to think I’m tarded. Something about this isn’t letting my brain work, please do more sentences

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        16 minutes ago

        People are downvoting because “retarded” is increasingly considered a slur or hateful term (just providing context, do with that what you will)

        Did anyone say that it was better this way? He could just go buy another yatch instead.

        No one is saying it’s better for rich people to independently spend money on charity pet projects. Appropriate taxation is better but this was still a good way for him to spend his money, it’s still good for him to help his community (he could have just spent that money on a yacht)

        Dont let perfection be the enemy of better

        This is a variation on the saying “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”. Which means don’t reject good things just because they aren’t perfect. Perfect is an ideal that doesn’t exist, and good is still worth celebrating.

        In this case, the commenter is saying that perfect would be better taxation and government programs that provide this service to the people. But a private citizen helping people with their private wealth still helps people. That’s a good thing even if it’s not the perfect ideal solution

        Personally I am a huge advocate of the “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” mentality :) hope this helps and I hope you have a good day!

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          I probably shouldn’t have said that. I’m gonna double down though a little and say I’m not out here to hurt anyone or make anyone feel hurt, I’m just trying to add voice to my writing. Sort of a tension cutting tool. Some of my favorite people are tarded, like my wife. She’s a pilot now.

          Joking aside though, I appreciate the effort of you ELI5ing this to me, and I should have been more direct. I just don’t get why this guy commented this when what he’s commenting on essentially said the same thing. I’m just more surprised that almost the same amount of people upvoted both. They’re both valid in the same way.