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Let’s set aside the fact that 80% of US millionaires are first generation, which somewhat subverts your underlying assumptions, and address your idea on its mer
by djrogers 8y ago
Let’s set aside the fact that 80% of US millionaires are first generation, which somewhat subverts your underlying assumptions, and address your idea on its merits.
By doing this, you would remove the single greatest biological imperative humans have to excel - to leave your offspring better off than you.
- rhacker 8y agoLet's also realize that to abolish inheritance would mean abolishing inheritance for the other 99%. Many people in the 99% have saved their home or otherwise kept their dignity because of inheritance. It's not just a 1% concept.
- rbanffy 8y ago> to leave your offspring better off than you. You can still do that. What the article proposes is that you shouldn't confuse that with leaving your offspring better off than everyone else. Life is not a zero-sum game.