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Construal level theory says that we think more concretely, as opposed to abstractly, about things that seem nearer to us in space, time, sociality, chance, and plan. Such concrete thinking can reveal itself, for example, in our using more concrete words as descriptors.
Volunteering to do emotional labor—even when you don’t feel like it, and especially when you’re not paid extra for it—is a difficult choice. My first argument, though, is that you are paid for it. In fact, in most jobs that involve a customer, that’s all you are getting paid for.
The report said that for every $1 of new global wealth earned by a person in the bottom 90%in the past two years, each billionaire gained roughly $1.7m. Despite small falls in 2022, the combined fortune of billionaires had increased by $2.7bn a day. Pandemic gains came after a decade when both the number and wealth of billionaires had doubled.
Tax and/or Eat the Rich
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