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So basically you are basing your proposition of robbing the people who have made wealth for themselves on your really wanting to believe that most people would

• Volpe 15y ago
  > ...robbing the people who have made the wealth wealth for themselves... How about I flip that then, the wealthy robbed the people to generate their wealth, and then complain when they have to give (some of) it back. It is very rare to find a company that isn't exploiting someone along the chain in order to generate that wealth. Of course capitalism renames it to "surplus value", but it is in fact exploitation (people being paid less than the value they add). Do you really think an individual is responsible for all wealth they generate? So, if Steve Jobs was born in china, and lived through the cultural revolution, he would have still built Apple (or equivalent) and been the success he is today. Because society and the services around him had nothing to do with his success? People don't generate wealth for themselves, they capitalise on opportunities provided to them. The U.S provided a lot of opportunities to a minority of people, who then capitalised on it. But their wealth wouldn't exist without the opportunities being available and thus they should pay tax (proportional to the amount of wealth they have generated) so that the U.S (government) can provide more opportunities to more people.