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>Mark Twain, for example, was worried about providing for surviving daughters. I think that's reasonable. Why is that reasonable? Why should someone's daughte
by shiroiushi 2y ago
>Mark Twain, for example, was worried about providing for surviving daughters. I think that's reasonable.
Why is that reasonable? Why should someone's daughters get a free ride instead of having to work for a living like everyone else?
- poulpy123 2y agoAre you in favor of forbidding inheritance to everyone or just for authors ?
- shiroiushi 2y agoWe're not talking about inheritance of real property or money, we're talking about "IP rights" or "royalties". The two are not the same. Why should someone's kid get money from their parent's book decades after it's been published? No other profession has this perk.
- redwall_hp 2y agoAnd, sure, why not. Let's have a 100% inheritance tax beyond a maybe a couple million in protected assets. If we want to pretend to have a meritocratic system, then we can't have that joke of a loophole creating dynastic wealth. Either we have a system where people earn wealth on merit, or we have a feudal aristocracy with extra steps. It can't be both.
- poulpy123 2y agoWhy should someone's kid get the house from their parents decades after it's been built? The issue of inheritance is the same for physical and immaterial assets