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I still don’t see an issue of billionaires becoming trillionaires and being able to buy hyper luxury goods. Good for them and good for the people selling and manufacturing those goods. Meanwhile poverty is in all time lows and there’s a growing middle class at global level. Our middle class life conditions nowadays have a level of comfort that would get Kings from some centuries ago jealous.


I do haveba problem with that.

Basically, if we are going to allow single humans to have so much buying power, that needs to come with some clear expectations.

Risks must be taken. Pick something and advance society. Or, empower others in a reasonable, non discriminatory way, with no hooks.

There are a ton of things need doing.

Why not require a real effort?

We do not need more dynasties, and other enduring signs of wealth.

We do need those people to have earned it. (That is the no dynasty part again)

I know sounds harsh, but the fact is anyone can live very well for the rest of their lives on just a fraction of that money.

May well put it to work.

And if it were me personally? I got a list. Ready?


If buying hyper luxury goods was the only thing that this wealth was good for, I'd agree.

But it's not: many of those billionaires are using their wealth to subvert democracy. They are quite literally enemies of the state.

The only lasting defense is to prevent this level of individual wealth accumulation.




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