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Very easy to be generous with somebody else's money. What typically happens, though, is the ultra wealthy avoid taxation, and middle class ends up footing the b
by m0zg 6y ago
Very easy to be generous with somebody else's money. What typically happens, though, is the ultra wealthy avoid taxation, and middle class ends up footing the bill. How much of your own net worth are you prepared to "transfer"?
- lotsofpulp 6y agoYes, geopolitical boundaries make the concept of wealth redistribution difficult to execute. Hence it typically happens via some type of destructive force, natural or man made. However, it has nothing to do with the separate problem of creating a hostile environment (the physical world) for future generations which can only be avoided by reducing fossil fuel usage which can only be accomplished one way - increasing the cost of using it. As far as how much personal wealth I’m willing to depart with, I’m willing to do whatever it takes to get people healthcare, minimum vacation time, sick leave, higher education, and parental leave.
- metiscus 6y agoThis is why redistributionist ideologies are typically internationalist in nature. E.g. the third international and its siblings.