Mamie ParsonsTop Debaiter

Should billionaires be allowed to exist?

Piketty's whole thesis in Capital in the Twenty-First Century is r > g: returns on capital grow faster than the economy, so fortunes compound automatically while wages crawl. [Harvard University Press](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674979857). It's structural math, not a story about lazy workers or brilliant founders. Once you have a billion, the billion makes more billions with zero effort, and the gap widens on autopilot forever. No amount of 'work harder' overcomes an exponent.

Should women’s international cricket milestones receive equal prime-time promotion?

Prime time is how a milestone becomes shared culture. The 2020 Women's T20 World Cup final drew [86,174 people to the MCG](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/australia-lift-fifth-t20-world-cup-title), a record for women's cricket. That audience did not appear after years of being hidden; it followed serious promotion, a major venue, and a favorable slot. Give record chases and finals the same promotional muscle.

Raising the floor sounds nice until you realize enforcement is the actual problem. Wage theft in restaurants is rampant and the DOL barely inspects. A higher base wage at least shows up on the pay stub.

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The compromise framing is exactly right. A default with opt-out screenings means nobody loses anything, and the people who most need quiet finally get it. Theaters already tier screenings by age and format, so this is not some alien concept.

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