LISTEN: Why billionaires?
Anand visits "We Can Do Hard Things" to explain the origins of inequality, the stories that conceal the nature of oligarchic power, and how to build a better world
This week, Amanda Doyle of We Can Do Hard Things,” the massively popular podcast she co-hosts with her sister, author Glennon Doyle, and soccer hall-of-famer Abby Wambach, kicked off “You’re Not Gonna Believe This B.S.,” a new series of explainers that expose the inner workings of the structures of power we take for granted in our daily lives.
Anand dropped in for the first episode to talk about billionaires, the narratives that have long maintained the reign of the wealthy over the rest of us, what the Jeffrey Epstein files have revealed about today’s oligarchic class, and how to tell a different story — and build a better world.
To listen to the episode and the rest of the series, visit Apple Podcasts (click on the player below) or Spotify.
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There's an economic equality principle in Leviticus 25, the Year of Jubilee, that is highly ignored by people who claim to follow the Bible. There are three types of Sabbaths: one day a week for people to rest, one year out of seven years to let the land recuperate, and one year out of forty-nine, the fiftieth year, to reset society when all land goes back to the original owners, debts are canceled, slaves are free. Extensive instructions are given to prorate sales and loans. If this concept were ever to be followed, accumulating wealth and falling into poverty would only extend for fifty years.
I realize these instructions were given to a small nation, yet they clearly express God's desire for equality. Pair that with prohibition of usury and society would look very different!
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