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> people who have to create "wealth" most people don't "create wealth". They're forced to serve up half of their awake time to someone that is "wealthy", most
by the_gipsy 8mo ago
> people who have to create "wealth"
most people don't "create wealth". They're forced to serve up half of their awake time to someone that is "wealthy", most likely through inheritance.
- 1234letshaveatw 8mo agoAnd now they're forced to serve up some of their awake time to artists
- lc9er 8mo agoWhat fraction of that time goes to subsidizing the exponentially wealthier? We could just tax the hell out of the rich and and make better lives for the vast majority of us, while wealth hoarders still get to “win” at the game of life.
- BSDobelix 8mo agoThat's whataboutism. >We could just tax the hell out of the rich Then they leave your country...however if someone could make it international....
- int_19h 8mo agoMost people do create wealth. That is exactly how those wealthy people become wealthy - by having someone create wealth for them, and then appropriating most of it.
- the_gipsy 8mo agoLet's be clear: the appropriation mostly consists of leveraging existing (inherited) wealth and other social privileges.
- int_19h 8mo agoLeveraging ownership of capital, more specifically. But lest we forget, all this wealth is still protected by people with guns. These days, those people normally work for the state rather than directly for the wealthy, but the latter can also leverage their wealth to steer politics such that the state does violence on their behalf to protect their property as needed.