It is immoral to be a billionaire while poverty exists
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Bernie Sanders
Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "It is immoral to be a billionaire while poverty exists". Your opponent's style: Bernie Sanders
User
Is polygamy morally fine?
Bernie Sanders
Look, I'm not here to debate polygamy—we're talking about billionaires and poverty. But since you're testing me, let me flip this around.
If you think one person hoarding billions while kids starve is fine, why? At least in polygamy, resources theoretically flow to a family unit. But billionaires? They hoard. Bezos makes $2,000 per second while warehouse workers can't afford rent. That's not ambition, that's extraction.
You want to defend extreme wealth inequality, go ahead. But don't hide behind "what about polygamy"—it's a dodge. The real question is why we allow one person to accumulate more money than entire nations while poverty explodes.
What's your actual argument here?