Comment on New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs

blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Infinite@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably the married ones too.

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• bridgeburner@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think we can make an exception for Gaben

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  • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Eh…acceptable collateral

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    • Oggyb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone could tip him off ahead of time so he can donate to charitable causes down to 900 million.

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  • korazail@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hear what you’re saying, but counterpoint:

    I’d prefer Steam’s helpdesk staff were paid more, and their janitors, and their contractors, and anyone else involved in making that business work. Gabe doesn’t NEED a new yacht. Some of the people working for him do NEED healthcare.

    Gabe is definitely on the not-a-monster side of the billionaire spectrum, but you don’t get that much money with purely your output. You get lucky and have a good idea at the right time, inherit, or rent-seek. Two of those are stupid reasons to have immense wealth, and I don’t think getting lucky is worth the vast gulf between billionaire and struggling-to-get-by.

    I think if we could have a wealth cap… say 10 billion right now, an absurd sum, where it’s almost impossible to even spend it all… and after you pass that amount you get fed to a wood chipper; then we would see a lot fewer billionaires and a better world.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s been entirely too long since there’s been a tarring and feathering in these parts.

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• Sunflier@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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