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Your statements need some serious evidence to back them up. Even if one concedes that the goal of "the ruling class" is serfdom, you have brought no evidence th
by cycomanic 6y ago
Your statements need some serious evidence to back them up. Even if one concedes that the goal of "the ruling class" is serfdom, you have brought no evidence that this is related to the amount of taxes and that taxes somehow would grow to 100%. In fact looking at the history of the US, inequality has grown as tax rates have reduced. Similarly in worldwide comparisons countries with higher tax rates are generally more equal, in other words they are less likely to have an underclass of "serfs". "Financial privacy" and ways to hide your financial transactions almost exclusively benefits those with capital, what I would already call the ruling class, as evidenced by e.g. the Panama papers.
- exo762 6y agoEquality/Inequality and Freedom/Serfdom lie on two different although not fully independent axes. One can be a rich slave - by not having any political freedoms.
- cycomanic 6y agoThe OP made an economic argument about 100% taxes and "slavery" not political freedoms, so your point is orthogonal. That said, while I agree that equality and freedom lie on different axes, I disagree with your point that one can be a rich slave, being a slave implies that you have neither economic nor political power (which are almost impossible to separate anyway).