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That's not wage theft though. You can't be paid after you're dead. Inheritance is just legalized aristocracy.
by kenmicklas 8y ago
That's not wage theft though. You can't be paid after you're dead. Inheritance is just legalized aristocracy.
- bsbechtel 8y agoYou also lose your benefits if you move to another country and give up your citizenship. What do you call it then?
- paulie_a 8y agoMake a conscious and overt decision to forfeit those accumulated benefits.
- bsbechtel 8y agoSounds a lot like wage theft to me. If a company tried to do that to employees who left, that's what it would be called.
- paulie_a 8y agoHow so? You leave, they stop paying you. Any funds for retirement is your account. You leave the country and renounce citizenship, you no longer get the benefits of citizenship which includes social security. That seems pretty fair. And yes a company doing that is a completely different situation. Like it or not we pay into a pool that if you are a citizen you will receive benefits. You also pay into an account for your 401k that you own. Renouncing citizenship, you walked away from the former account.
- madengr 8y agoSo you are supposed to just give your estate to the government? Fuck that.
- frgtpsswrdlame 8y agoA king would say the same thing about his throne. Why should privilege - whether it's power or wealth - flow through bloodlines if we can prevent it?
- kenmicklas 8y agoWhy not? Then the wealth can be distributed to everyone fairly. Having this safety net available for everyone and not just the rich would reduce the need for wealth hoarding in the first place. Your ideology has no justification besides your own particular interest in the class position of your offspring.
- PurpleBoxDragon 8y ago>Then the wealth can be distributed to everyone fairly. Who determines what is fair?
- kenmicklas 8y agoDivide evenly by number of people? It's really not that difficult.
- aswanson 8y agoBecause I want my children to benefit and build on my life's efforts.
- kenmicklas 8y agoAnd I don't want you to be able to do that. If this is supposed to be a rational position you're going to need more justification than "you want it".
- aswanson 8y agoMost parents want that. An overwhelming majority, in fact. Not just me. Good enough?