I agree it is important to understand the loopholes, but the debate is still important: regardless of which side you fall on, it is important whether society th

I agree it is important to understand the loopholes, but the debate is still important: regardless of which side you fall on, it is important whether society thinks it is just or unjust for wealth to be propegated indefinitely and exactly to one's heirs. In the US we have a mixed bag of libertarians who think it just and egalitarians who think it unjust. If you ever want to see either the token estate tax ended or the loopholes closed, and not just indefinitely moan over the imperfect world we live in, you have to make your case. Arguing over the estate tax is a reasonable proxy: if you could actually convince people the estate tax was important and necessary, they would also be inclined to believe we should close the loopholes.