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Building a super yacht means that dozens or hundreds of people work for the benefit of one person. As craftsmen, they could have improved the lives of tens of thousands in their community instead. As engineers, they could have built products serving millions.

Not to mention the natural resources used for one person’s benefit.

There’s nothing positive about super yachts (and mansions, private jets,…) being built. Don’t let the flow of money confuse you.

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the problem is actually how the rich keep buying the houses and making the prices increase for inorganic reason making people who really needs house cant afford it while at the same time the rich keep the house they bought empty

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To be clear my comment was intended purely as satire. I definitely don’t view the construction of yachts as positive in any way.

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Building a super yacht means that dozens or hundreds of people work for the benefit of one person.

And then they take the money they earn and they buy shit, directly helping other people

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Nah, directly helping other ppl would be the person who bought the yacht instead spends their money on things that enrich their community/society/their workers.

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Their workers

Like paying yacht staff?

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