Yes then with their superior work ethic and bootstraps they could earn it back again. It’s like an infinite money glitch for humanity.
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jeena@piefed.jeena.net 5 months ago
So you're saying if we kill the 8, we can double the wealth of almost half of the population of the world?
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 5 months ago
Since when does wealth be shared when someone dies ?
No, the money will go to their descendants who will try to get even richer than their parents. A large part of that money will also be taken by the state because ?? and ??.
Nothing would change.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A large part of that money will also be taken by the state because ?? and ??.
to make society work, and IDK, give food stamps to the single mother? it’s literally the theme of the post.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 5 months ago
I want the same thing I just don’t think taking what is inherited is the way to do it.
I would much rather see the ultra pay properly their taxes when they are alive.
It’s not like taking inheritance money is the only way to finance thing. I don’t see the reasoning.
I can totally understand why someone with huge revenue would pay more taxes but I don’t see why someone who inherits has to pay.
In any case, I think you are missing the point and answering the question “for what purpose?”. Instead of “why?”.
I want to know why it’s more logical to pay taxes when you die rather than paying them in the first place when you got the revenue.
Obviously, the money collected is useful I just don’t see why it has to be collected when it is a time of sorrow for a family.
Also where I live it’s like 50% of the inheritance that is taxed. It is not just significant, it is 50% of the work of a life that goes in one shot to the state when someone dies.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m curious where you live? Because many places have laws like that. Almost NO WHERE do the ultra rich actually pay that. There’s always loop holes built in for them.
NABDad@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re just not killing enough people. At some point the heirs decide to give it all away.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This has historical precedence. Many times over. Collective action works.
AIhasUse@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Your mistake is thinking that you are talking to people who think more than 2 feet in front of their noses.
sleen@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Shhh, some people want an imaginative excuse to kill others.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
We could kill the descendants of the billionaires as well.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Nah, let’s just eat them instead. Isn’t that how Jesus fed 5,000?
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t agree with your math but I love your enthusiasm for murder.
moriquende@lemmy.world 5 months ago
math checks out tho?
abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 months ago
We do not encourage violence, but yes
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe you don’t…
abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yes, these answers are sanctioned by the proper authorities
OscarCunningham@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You would also have to double the debt of everyone in debt. Students might be quite annoyed, but not nearly as much as Alex Jones.
AIhasUse@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, then we would all have so much more money all of a sudden, that would mean we could all buy so much more stuff. That’s definitely how money works.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yeah but think of the impact on society, any of us could be those top 8 if we just worked hard enough!
/s
riodoro1@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You know what? If that happens to be me just do it.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It won’t. The kind of people who would offer themselves up to be killed for the good of humanity aren’t the kind of people who make a billion dollars unless they hit the lottery a few times in a row.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 months ago
I mean, they could just give away 90% of a billion dollars, leaving them with a pathetic 100 million dollars.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’ll never get a billion of you care enough to help anyone with your wealth
Zink@programming.dev 5 months ago
I’ll sign this pact too.
Once I’m into the top 1000 net worths on earth (practically a given to happen), I’ll just retire.
If my valuable assets force me into the top 100 (more likely than not), I’ll hire somebody to find good charities to prop up.
If I stumble into the top 10 billion/trillion-aires, go ahead and do what you gotta do and remind my widow to do nice things with the estate.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Shit if I ever end up in the top million let me know so I can solve that via charity and pro worker lobbying right quick.