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The problem isn't that she got money, it's she got on the order of ~1,000,000,000£ of it. There's no "merit" that warrants that kind of reward. There is definit
by andrepd 5y ago
The problem isn't that she got money, it's she got on the order of ~1,000,000,000£ of it. There's no "merit" that warrants that kind of reward. There is definitely a case to be made that such massive amounts of wealth need to be more progressively taxed. Not as in "evil gobernmint comes to steal your hard work", but as in that's the pay-back to society for enabling that success in the first place, that's the social contract.
- stocknoob 5y agoSo a billion people shouldn’t be able to voluntary give $1 to a person, for whatever reason? Maybe we should put a limit on charity giving? Or do you have an official list of Authorized Ways to spend money?
- andrepd 5y agoThat's not what I said so.... I'm not entirely sure what you want from me? xD
- stocknoob 5y agoFor you to realize that creating wealth, on its own, isn't a problem? If I write a poem 1B people want to pay for, nobody was harmed? The actual problem is people can use wealth to corrupt others, e.g., buy political influence. But instead of railing on that, you can't see that you're fighting against value generation itself.
- krona 5y agothe pay-back to society for enabling that success in the first place Punishment, for writing such addictive tales of wizardry!
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoIt's not a punishment. It's value-based pricing for the ability to live in the society that made accumulating that wealth possible. Billionaires get the most value out of society, so they should pay the most for it.
- andrepd 5y agoEarning 500000000£ instead of 1000000000£ is punishment? Sign me the fuck up!
- krona 5y agoWhy stop there?
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoAnd she lost her billionaire status by … giving her money away to various charitable organisations. You and that other guy clearly have a bone to pick.
- andrepd 5y agoWe shouldn't have to depend on the good will and wisdom of a very small number of people in order to be able to improve our lives. I thought we were past kinds and lords and all that ;)