• kvasir476@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He really won’t like what people replace ‘tax’ with if they’re not allowed to say “tax the rich.”

    • Triasha@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Wealth inequality is killing quality if life. We would like to put that wealth to productive use through taxation and government investments, but setting it on fire (metaphorically) would still leave the average person better off.

      If we can’t tax it or destroy it, then people will be pushed further and further until they have nothing to lose, and after that, things will get ugly.

            • ultrafastsloth@lemmy.world
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              3 days ago

              I actually agree what I think he meant was that the rich would rather be killed than taxed. Maybe it was just phrased poorly

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                2 days ago

                Yeah, killed just means they’re estate gets taxed during inheritance but by that point thay’re dead so it’s illogical to care. Much more realistic a narcissistic personality grasps for ways to avoid any unsavory changes in wealth status vs literally dying. They aren’t afraid of their life insurance policy activating, actually they might even look forward to it in a strange way.

      • youcantreadthis@quokk.au
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        3 days ago

        Right up until the moment it is.

        Everything dies. We literally do not know how to stop this. We’re real good at helping it along though.