@mattjhodgkinson @unchartedworlds

Death is not the only measure worth considering, quality of life is right there as well. For example long covid has now overtaken asthma as the most common chronic illness in children:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2834486

Economics: record leave of absence was (very likely) responsible for Germany tipping into a recession in 2023: https://www.barrons.com/news/germany-s-economy-ails-as-sick-leave-hurts-output-087dcc0e

And every covid infection does lasting damage to your body: https://www.panaccindex.info/p/what-covid-19-does-to-the-body-fifth

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

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.