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The argument that any kind of wealth distribution is akin to Soviet-style communism is the extreme idea. It's been practiced peacefully throughout Europe. Autho

• afiori 7y ago
  That is not wealth distribution, that is a social state that prioritize the minimal needs of its people. Rich people poses no problems with that. (many people who do are rich and they use their money as a tool to get more money, but being rich itself is not a problem)
• ernst_klim 7y ago
  > The argument that any kind of wealth distribution is akin to Soviet-style communism There is no such argument in my comment. The comment explicitly states that saying that any private money are evil is akin to saying that any gov is evil because Stalin. > It's been practiced peacefully throughout Europe. Wealth redistribution is very modest here. Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland are one of the most liberal countries in the world (way more liberal than US), and the redistribution here is mostly from middle class to the poor, rather than from rich to the poor, with the huge emphasis on voluntarism (Sweden and Finland don't even have minimum wage).