Damus
StackSats.IO · 94w
For leftists, no amount of taxes will ever be enough on the wealthy. That the Top 10% carry the entire shitshow of government doesn’t register for them. That half the people contribute so little ...
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Income inequality is a feature, not a bug. But too much inequality destabilises society, leads to turmoil, revolt, and redistribution. Progressive taxation is an attempt to redistribute nonviolently. I’m not sure there’s another option… open to ideas tho.
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StackSats.IO · 91w
Income inequality is natural. Progressive taxation is an attempt to undo the natural order by taking from the most productive and giving to the least. If we stopped feeding people bullshit that we’re all equal we could move past this nonsense. We are equal in humanity and that’s it; beyond tha...
Space Hodler · 91w
Taxation is not an attempt to redistribute violently. Taxation *is* violence.