debate

Is this for a debate class you are in, or a personal belief you are forwarding? It affects how I would answer.

Cycloptichorn

we are having a class discussion..i personally oppose but would like to see how other people feel

One needn't be rich and/or powerful to be sexist, or racist, destructive of the environment or to exploit labor. The basic premise is flawed, and unsubstantiated.

It's a silly proposition to begin with; so many different -isms lumped together, that really have a lot of different causes behind them. Though there is a nugget of truth, in that the rich prefer to keep the current structures intact, as their businesses have grown to take advantage of the current structures.

Cycloptichorn

What does "addressed" mean?


I guess I'd agree with the following:
The rich and powerful get away with sexism, racism, imperialism, environmental destruction and exploitation of workers more than others.

In debates the whole argument can turn on the deinition or application of one word.
In this case the definition of the word "acts" may be important.
Is an act one i have to committ myself?
eg I am a rich person I like to eat game meatI tell my cook I like to eat game. the cook seeks out a deer hunter The deer hunter kills a deer to supply me with meat.
Have I caused that environmental "true crime".
The cook did not have to seek out a hunter.
The hunter did not really have to shoot the deer. I am not responsible for the actions of others.

Think about this in terms of deep water horizon, BP trans ocean et al.