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How have there not been mass protesting for how much taxes rich people avoid?
- yd86 3y ago[flagged]
- hunglee2 3y agothe oligarchs who dodge the taxes are the same ones who control the 'means of cultural production' - outright owning media, controlling advertising budgets upon which media depends, bankrolling politicians who maintain and extend their tax evasion (in order to get in the club themselves...), funding institutions, don't-think tanks, foundations, sports franchises and everything else that makes up our information and entertainment universe. A great deal of the opposition to Elon Musk - is that the is an oligarch who is a dissident from the rest - operating on his own agenda, for his own purpose, which is tech accelerationism
- lusus_naturae 3y agoIf the strategy used for avoidance is written into tax code, then it’s reasonable that anyone would use it, that’s basic isn’t it? Petitioning for change in tax laws wouldn’t necessitate mass protests. Stupid question—why are the ultra-wealthy expected to behave in an altruistic manner? Do we expect low-income or middle-income people to forgo a tax credit or break, and pay a “fair share”. Granted, a non-paper millionaire or billionaire may always have relatively more resources. But what’s the goal here? People are never satisfied with what they have. I don’t care about any one class of people more than the other, simply because someone is lower income person doesn’t mean they’re fair or just or kind. However, they are often forced to adopt a facade of being such personalities (either subconsciously or otherwise) to cope with a lower social status. I do care, however, that people try to evaluate their biases.
- gregjor 3y agoLook up the Occupy movement. In the USA, anything that looks like a pro-labor movement or effort to make the wealthy play by the same rules gets branded as “communism” and put down like a rabid dog. Read Howard Zinn for details.