I don’t think anyone should take Bae’s stuff and sell it to help the poor. I was just relating what my mind thought and not what I thought should happen.
I don’t think anyone should take Bae’s stuff and sell it to help the poor. I was just relating what my mind thought and not what I thought should happen.
People buy all sorts of ridiculous expensive stuff and I don’t think it should be taken away. I just personally can’t relate on any level.
bae also mentioned that the crown -- umm -- jewel of his collection (the one for which he provided the picture) provided many months of income for the craftsman that made it. So it's not like this expensive device just materialized from the ether. Many people beyond the jeweler had work as a result of this watch being assembled.
I routinely spend the equivalent of $16-18/pound for coffee beans. Seems like a ton of money to someone else who would be happy with Yuban. But I can tell the difference. And I'll skimp on other things before I'll skimp on my daily coffee. I do it partly because I am lucky enough to have the money to do it and partly because I know the roasters and know they're providing a better-than-living wage on their farms in Costa Rica. I and my fellow customers are keeping 2-3 coffee farmers and a family here in the States working and earning by buying this coffee. At what $$ point does a purchase become a "stupid luxury"?
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I'm with you on that. I do my best to find fair trade, shade-grown, Rainforest Alliance, bird-friendly coffee. And each of those attributes tacks a couple of bucks a pound to the cost. But I can't stand the idea of the Amazon clear-cut and workers exploited to enable me to get my daily coffee fix.
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If you do it for pro-social benefit, to improve the conditions of others and/or the planet and it indeed does in some small way, it's obviously not any traditional definition of luxury. Of course one could have mixed motives buy organic for their health and because they find it tastes better and also because it's better for people and planet - but the former does not negate the latter, a true win-win.
I remarked just today though that is kind of a good thing I drink tea, because even the organic fair trade stuff seems cheaper than such coffee
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