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minus-squarenonentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·18 hours agoFinancial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoFinancial obesity is literally capitalism. That’s the disease. Period.
minus-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoI really like that as a term, never come across it before.
Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
Financial obesity is literally capitalism. That’s the disease. Period.
I really like that as a term, never come across it before.