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> (b) the slower technological/economic growth you get when you ban being rich. There's a world of difference between "ban being rich" and "resist oligarchy wi
by Goladus 15y ago
> (b) the slower technological/economic growth you get when you ban being rich.
There's a world of difference between "ban being rich" and "resist oligarchy with progressive taxation, investment in public services, infrastructure, research, and consumer-friendly laws and protections."
- wnight 15y agoYou could even ban being rich from exploitation of limited resources or when destroying the commons. I didn't agree to let my government lease oil-bearing land to the largest industrial polluters and allow them to horde the results. Makers versus takers...