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That's probably not the motivation behind everyone who thinks billionaires shouldn't exist.

• daenz 5y ago
  I truly believe some people believe they are working towards fairness, but when you investigate their motivations, they give off all the signals of someone who is motivated by something else. The masquerading can also exist in the form of hiding what you truly believe from yourself. As an example, try this: ask someone who doesn't believe that billionaires should exist if they could snap their fingers and make all billionaires vanish, but nobody would become any wealthier, would they? I've seen that answered yes way too many times. That tells me that some people just don't want to know that someone is doing better than them, regardless of if it actually impacts them or not.
  • pseudalopex 5y ago
    It tells you they noticed disproportionate wealth translates into disproportionate political power.
    • daenz 5y ago
      That's fair. I'll be modifying my question for next time to rule out that possibility. Though to be even more fair, if the political class didn't prostitute their influence, there would be nothing for the wealthy to buy, so making billionaires vanish does not address that problem.