Reaching a level of success can still be "suffering" if that success is built on the suffering of others.
So, while yes I'd certainly love to be a Billionaire in theory, I have a hard time thinking of how that could come about in a way that wouldn't compound and produce more suffering in the world. My own, and others'.
The difficulty of having an entire business that earns you a billion while paying a living wage, let alone the supply chain. See Apple's efforts to be green (eg mercury free in 2010-ish) but Foxconns' suicides.
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Reaching a level of success can still be "suffering" if that success is built on the suffering of others.
So, while yes I'd certainly love to be a Billionaire in theory, I have a hard time thinking of how that could come about in a way that wouldn't compound and produce more suffering in the world. My own, and others'.
How does earning money cause others suffering?
The difficulty of having an entire business that earns you a billion while paying a living wage, let alone the supply chain. See Apple's efforts to be green (eg mercury free in 2010-ish) but Foxconns' suicides.
Are you talking about the suicide rate that's lower than the general Chinese population?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides#cite_note-eco...
Does Facebook exploit any of its workers? (I'm not being rhetorical, I truly haven't looked into it)
Oh, fair enough. I just believed the media.
As for Facebook I haven't heard anything about non-US workers, barely anything about non-tech workers except that painter who took stock.