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As someone who was born in Soviet Union, and (thankfully) escaped at a fairly early age, arguments like this just completely boggle my mind. Why do people thin

As someone who was born in Soviet Union, and (thankfully) escaped at a fairly early age, arguments like this just completely boggle my mind. Why do people think it's ok to take other people's money? If a billionaire has money - regardless of whether they earned or inherited it - it's THEIR money. If they earned it lawfully, they should pay the same % of tax that everyone else pays - and keep the rest to do whatever they please. Who are YOU to tell them how to spend THEIR MONEY better? If you're jealous of them having more money than you - this is a truly free country, nothing is stopping you from earning just as much as they have. Yes, life isn't fair, they may be born into wealth and you're not - but try being born in North Korea, then talk about it not being fair. This is the principle that America was founded on, and what's allowed it to be successful. And as someone who studied just a bit of history, it seems completely insane to me that people think taking money from the rich and distributing it to the poor think it will turn out OK. The same exact thing happened in dozens of socialist countries - those that are in charge of the distribution, somehow distribute the most of it to themselves, and then take away people's freedoms so they would stay in power. To think that something else is going to happen is just plain ignorance of basic human nature.

crimsonalucard 11y ago
The situation is far more complex than you assume. It is impossible for one person to make a billion dollar 747. One man simply doesn't have enough intelligence or strength to do construct such a sophisticated device. If a 747 is worth a billion dollars then creating a billion dollars of paper money or making the plane itself are both equivalent concepts. Thus why is it possible for one man to make a billion dollars in paper money but it is not possible for one man to make a billion dollar 747? Why do billionaires exist? Billionaires exist only because the paper money was taken from the wealth produced by other people. The Billionaire needs to employ workers to build a 747. In short, for Billionaires to be Billionaires they must be an owner of some corporation where the wealth produced by the labor of employees is unfairly distributed to them. This is wealth inequality. This was the problem your old country attempted and somewhat failed to resolve with communism. Whatever you think communism is, wealth inequality is a feature of capitalism and it is fundamentally unfair because it is taken from others.
- kamaal 11y ago
  >>It is impossible for one person to make a billion dollar 747. One man simply doesn't have enough intelligence or strength to do construct such a sophisticated device. Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction. That's how anything big ever built, was built. >>Thus why is it possible for one man to make a billion dollars in paper money but it is not possible for one man to make a billion dollar 747? Because any big thing company, individual wealth or 747 is built on a concept that works similar to stamina. You don't run a marathon on day 1. It takes a good deal of work over years to make a billion dollars. Ever wondered why some people are so good at saving money even in stifling financial conditions and then make smart investment decisions? Such people have already tried a lot, failed a lot and have a lot of mental stamina and cache of knowledge in their brains which helps them succeed above people who have far better sources of money but have a equally bad spending habits. >>Billionaires exist only because the paper money was taken from the wealth produced by other people. Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner. People who take the option a) are not evil. They only have better priorities than you. >>wealth inequality is a feature of capitalism Capitalism offers freedom to chose priorities. And that independence is hard to handle for a lot of people. >>it is fundamentally unfair because it is taken from others. Nothing is taken from others. If you think about it very carefully, capitalism gives you what you want. Based on how you look at it and what kind of a person you are, it can be very good or terribly bad news.
  - crimsonalucard 11y ago
    >>Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction. This is impossible. One man cannot build and design the 747. The total man hours required exceed several life times. >>Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner. It is not a symbiosis. Ask anyone who chose option b. What a coincidence. Everyone who chose option a thinks it's a symbiosis, everyone who chose option b doesn't. Wonder why. Tell me, in your life, did you happen to choose option a?

crimsonalucard 11y ago

The situation is far more complex than you assume. It is impossible for one person to make a billion dollar 747. One man simply doesn't have enough intelligence or strength to do construct such a sophisticated device. If a 747 is worth a billion dollars then creating a billion dollars of paper money or making the plane itself are both equivalent concepts. Thus why is it possible for one man to make a billion dollars in paper money but it is not possible for one man to make a billion dollar 747? Why do billionaires exist? Billionaires exist only because the paper money was taken from the wealth produced by other people. The Billionaire needs to employ workers to build a 747. In short, for Billionaires to be Billionaires they must be an owner of some corporation where the wealth produced by the labor of employees is unfairly distributed to them. This is wealth inequality. This was the problem your old country attempted and somewhat failed to resolve with communism. Whatever you think communism is, wealth inequality is a feature of capitalism and it is fundamentally unfair because it is taken from others.

kamaal 11y ago
>>It is impossible for one person to make a billion dollar 747. One man simply doesn't have enough intelligence or strength to do construct such a sophisticated device. Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction. That's how anything big ever built, was built. >>Thus why is it possible for one man to make a billion dollars in paper money but it is not possible for one man to make a billion dollar 747? Because any big thing company, individual wealth or 747 is built on a concept that works similar to stamina. You don't run a marathon on day 1. It takes a good deal of work over years to make a billion dollars. Ever wondered why some people are so good at saving money even in stifling financial conditions and then make smart investment decisions? Such people have already tried a lot, failed a lot and have a lot of mental stamina and cache of knowledge in their brains which helps them succeed above people who have far better sources of money but have a equally bad spending habits. >>Billionaires exist only because the paper money was taken from the wealth produced by other people. Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner. People who take the option a) are not evil. They only have better priorities than you. >>wealth inequality is a feature of capitalism Capitalism offers freedom to chose priorities. And that independence is hard to handle for a lot of people. >>it is fundamentally unfair because it is taken from others. Nothing is taken from others. If you think about it very carefully, capitalism gives you what you want. Based on how you look at it and what kind of a person you are, it can be very good or terribly bad news.
- crimsonalucard 11y ago
  >>Yet its easily possibly possibly to start working towards and move in that direction. This is impossible. One man cannot build and design the 747. The total man hours required exceed several life times. >>Its a symbiosis. But where you want to belong is really upto you. You now have two options a) to work 20 hours a day, be a god programmer, get a job at wall street, make a few millions and retire. b) take life as usual, work 9-5 and be a commoner. It is not a symbiosis. Ask anyone who chose option b. What a coincidence. Everyone who chose option a thinks it's a symbiosis, everyone who chose option b doesn't. Wonder why. Tell me, in your life, did you happen to choose option a?