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I think there are a couple of other recent presidential hopefuls who centered their messages much more around reducing the structural power of billionaires and

by chc 6y ago

I think there are a couple of other recent presidential hopefuls who centered their messages much more around reducing the structural power of billionaires and large corporations.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> who centered their messages much more around reducing the structural power of billionaires and large corporations. The problem is that there is a segment of the American voters who believe that if the current billionaires and large corporations would quit screwing them, they would become the billionaires and owners of the large corporations. As such they are all for screwing over the current crop of billionaires, but don’t want long lasting reduction in the structural power of billionaires.
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- lamontcg 6y ago
  Sir, this is a site run by an investment fund, I'm afraid you've stepped a bit out of line there.
  - AWildC182 6y ago
    This platform is far from an impartial place. People need to remember the reason this site exists...
- chkaloon 6y ago
  I've heard it said that Americans all think they are potential millionaires and billionaires that have temporarily hit a down patch. That's why democratic socialism will never fly here except for isolated programs.
  - wtfiswiththis 6y ago
    Sir, how dare you discuss taxing money I haven't earned yet and will likely never earn in my lifetime.
  - neltnerb 6y ago
    "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." John Steinbeck
    - ryandrake 6y ago
      Reminds me of an article I keep in my bookmarks from a long time ago, which is probably still true today: 39% of Americans think they are in the top 1% or that they will one day be [1]. They don't want to be mean to the rich because they think they are rich or will soon be among them. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/opinion/the-triumph-of-hope-over-self-interest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/opinion/the-triumph-of-ho...
AWildC182 6y ago
And further, nobody outside of the extreme of the extremists actually wants to eliminate the potential for achieving a "wealthy" status. People will always be able to achieve high levels of success. The argument is that we need to pick a point where amassing so much wealth can start to be deemed anti social and start to taper things off there. There is basically nothing you can buy with ten or eleven digits that you can't buy with nine, except entire corporations and countries and absolutely no individual needs that power or the prospect of that power to be fulfilled in life.

by chc 6y ago

I think there are a couple of other recent presidential hopefuls who centered their messages much more around reducing the structural power of billionaires and large corporations.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago

> who centered their messages much more around reducing the structural power of billionaires and large corporations. The problem is that there is a segment of the American voters who believe that if the current billionaires and large corporations would quit screwing them, they would become the billionaires and owners of the large corporations. As such they are all for screwing over the current crop of billionaires, but don’t want long lasting reduction in the structural power of billionaires.

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lamontcg 6y ago
Sir, this is a site run by an investment fund, I'm afraid you've stepped a bit out of line there.
- AWildC182 6y ago
  This platform is far from an impartial place. People need to remember the reason this site exists...
chkaloon 6y ago
I've heard it said that Americans all think they are potential millionaires and billionaires that have temporarily hit a down patch. That's why democratic socialism will never fly here except for isolated programs.
- wtfiswiththis 6y ago
  Sir, how dare you discuss taxing money I haven't earned yet and will likely never earn in my lifetime.
- neltnerb 6y ago
  "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." John Steinbeck
  - ryandrake 6y ago
    Reminds me of an article I keep in my bookmarks from a long time ago, which is probably still true today: 39% of Americans think they are in the top 1% or that they will one day be [1]. They don't want to be mean to the rich because they think they are rich or will soon be among them. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/opinion/the-triumph-of-hope-over-self-interest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/12/opinion/the-triumph-of-ho...

AWildC182 6y ago

And further, nobody outside of the extreme of the extremists actually wants to eliminate the potential for achieving a "wealthy" status. People will always be able to achieve high levels of success. The argument is that we need to pick a point where amassing so much wealth can start to be deemed anti social and start to taper things off there. There is basically nothing you can buy with ten or eleven digits that you can't buy with nine, except entire corporations and countries and absolutely no individual needs that power or the prospect of that power to be fulfilled in life.