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When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence.

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  • yoshY This user is from outside of this forum
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    When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

    Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

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    • yoshY yosh

      When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

      Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

      yoshY This user is from outside of this forum
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      Related: https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too

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      • yoshY yosh

        When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

        Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

        TomT This user is from outside of this forum
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        @yosh I guess it's the same difference of interpretation when we say we want to eradicate the poor...

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        • yoshY yosh

          Related: https://crimethinc.com/2019/04/08/against-the-logic-of-the-guillotine-why-the-paris-commune-burned-the-guillotine-and-we-should-too

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          Maxime Chambonnet
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          @yosh Nice article.

          Then leave no room for interpretation, for example say "tax billionaires until they become mere millionaires".

          I just read this book which relates jacobins to bolcheviks too, I recommend it: https://books.maxzor.eu/user/maxzor/comment/10910#anchor-10910
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Opium_of_the_Intellectuals

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          • yoshY yosh

            When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

            Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

            ReddogR This user is from outside of this forum
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            @yosh On the other hand....

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            • yoshY yosh

              When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

              Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

              Angela MillerA This user is from outside of this forum
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              @yosh
              Yes and no. People who accumulate that much wealth at the expense of others are not safe people. You need to have a very special level of self-centeredness and ruthless greed to make that kind of money in a single human lifetime.

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              • yoshY yosh

                When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

                Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

                The Tattooed Nonna 🫒T This user is from outside of this forum
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                @yosh yes! 💯💯💯💯

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                • yoshY yosh

                  When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

                  Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

                  mjdxpM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @yosh except every billionaire exploited potentially thousands of people to get that much money in horrible ways. there's simply no way to amass that much wealth without making other people suffer greatly. we can't just stop at taxing the rich, we also need to investigate them for their crimes against society and find out what they did to get so wealthy
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                  • yoshY yosh

                    When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.

                    Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.

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                    @yosh Exactly. Being a billionaire is an off the scale hoarding disorder - to the detriment of society.

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