I suspect the sole purpose of ideas like wealth tax is to point out undiscerning left leaning voters. You know, the people whose mental model of "the rich" com

I suspect the sole purpose of ideas like wealth tax is to point out undiscerning left leaning voters. You know, the people whose mental model of "the rich" comes from scrooge mcduck - wealth being mostly stored in gold coins that are easy to dive into and/or tax on annual basis.