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Tax the super rich now or face revolution
- aj700 16y agoI don't agree with a lot of the predictions in this article. I was just surprised nobody had already posted it. Price mechanisms (food being expensive) only work when there is elasticity of supply - ie when it is possible to produce more. With food it isn't. So it's not a lack of food, it's too many people. (Too many societies where women don't or can't choose their family size.) Even if you think there is a speculative conspiracy to prevent food being affordable to all 7 billion of us, do you think we can produce enough for 10 or 15 billion? I don't. Of course, I'll get called a eugenicist for stating a plain fact.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoThis was submitted yesterday, garnered quite a lot of comments, but is now dead. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2399565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2399565 I wonder if people don't think it's entirely appropriate for HN.