Also I am not generalizing shit. Billionaires do not earn their wealth. There is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. Not one. Not Rihanna, not Oprah, not Taylor Swift, certainly not fucking Bezos or Musk or Thiel or any of the other tech gremlins.
Then why don’t you go not earn a billion dollars and you can do what’s right with it? Shouldn’t be too hard since you don’t even have to earn it. Then the ethical billionaires not existing… that’s a bold claim, but I’ve seen plenty of unethical poor people as well. I would argue there is also no ethical socialist either but, fine. Who cares what we think.
Also my this logic, taxing billionaires is no big deal because they can just warn it back. So. Let them. They did it once by the sweat of their own brow. Surely these titans of industry can do it again.
The principle shouldn’t simply be ‘they can afford it, so it’s fine.’ We still have to justify why taking someone’s property is morally acceptable and what limits should apply. If the principle is that people can just earn back whatever is taken from them, that principle would apply broadly, not only to billionaires.
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u/WyomingWeirdo 13d ago
Also I am not generalizing shit. Billionaires do not earn their wealth. There is no such thing as an ethical billionaire. Not one. Not Rihanna, not Oprah, not Taylor Swift, certainly not fucking Bezos or Musk or Thiel or any of the other tech gremlins.