Presumably this is satire, as these are clearly not equivalent statements.
We don’t share limited horsepower, but we do share limited wealth, and it can be redistributed.
This anaology also implies there is an essentialism to people’s financial situations. That rich and poor people are inherently different. In reality rich people have been allowed to be rich by current societal structures.
Looks like I have over-analyzed the meme. If you are a troll, you’ve got me.
Elon Musk’s value jumped by 188 billion overnight with the space x ipo. But that isn’t real money. It can’t simply be redistributed, and he could lose it just as easily.
Another minor point of contention: Lamborghini’s are at best 4-5 times faster than a shitbox car. A single-billionaire earns 20 000 times more than the average person. The scales are all out of wack.
A closer comparison would be the difference between a private jet and a person walking. Even that would only be a 200x difference. A snail and private jet is much closer to that 20 000x difference.
It’s so absurd a difference in scale that the comparison is hard for people to imagine.
A world where the difference between the average person and the richest people is only as large as a shitbox and a Lamborghini’s speed would be actually be a pretty palatable society to live in.
A better comparison would be: “I’d perform better at the race if the winners weren’t the ones who made up the rules.”
Edit: And somehow, they always get out of time penalties.
And also if somehow the faster runners steal slower runners speed.
I think the problem is capitalism is so unnatural there is no accurate point of compariso.
The faster runners would be pushing the slower runners to the ground when they lap them! Which of course is allowed by the rules.
I think a more accurate analogy would be “I’d be faster if Lamborghini didn’t steal the majority of my power output.”
Money is made up (especially when we think about company valuations and the ability to use stock as collateral) so I don’t think it’s accurate to say there is limited wealth. Wealth distribution isn’t tackling the fundamental injustice of capitalism.
It’s definitely not sure satire. You people really need to get back on Facebook. It’s nuts. It’s fucking insane
I think I’ll pass. Left Facebook over 5 years ago and I haven’t used it in 10.
A lambo compared to a shitbox is an acceptable difference for wealth. 100 Airbus A320’s combined together for a single person to travel is not an acceptable difference to either side, which would be a roughly equivelant comparison of a a billionaire, a millionaire and your average person.
