I think most people who pay a tithe base(d) it on income, not wealth, so it doesn't have the snowball effect that a wealth tax does. Islam's zakat is the only e

I think most people who pay a tithe base(d) it on income, not wealth, so it doesn't have the snowball effect that a wealth tax does. Islam's zakat is the only exception I know of, but IIUC even that is paid only on excess wealth.