We decide who to lock up, so why not put a limit on how much wealth one can accumulate, say something like no more than 1000% of the average wage, all other income taxed at 100%, or 90% or 80%.
They only gain this income by exploiting the proletariat so its only fair!
Which, in practice, means: People who are thirsty enough for power to go into politics (you have to really want power to endure that kind of life), and groups with political clout (farmers, unions, big corps, rent-seekers of all kinds, etc).
Yes, that might be what it means, but in all fairness, those same people decide if you go to jail for killing someone or not. There is nothing technically to prevent the legislature from legalising murder. Or torture as effectively they did during Bush years. So if they are an evil to be endured in such very fundamental matters, why not when it comes to a very serious matter too, the exploitation of people.
These ideas are of course very unconventional, hence why they get downvoted so freely without any counter argument, but does anyone in this website thing seriously that the rich do not have such tight control over the government that they are at liberty to legitimise theft pure and simple.
If not, then does anyone in here possibly think that any person in the rich list is so marvellously superior to any of us to deserve having the wealth of an entire country?
If so, do enlighten me. I will change my opinion entirely that there is a deep flow in our society which is fundamentally unfair and affords much cruelty to many.
Because I thought that of all places, a site dedicated to entrepreneurship would attract people who understand that it isn't true that the only way to make money is to "exploit the proletariat", but rather that the proletariat would be a lot worse off without successful entrepreneurs.
Well, if Mr Gates charges me 500 rather than 400 then well his gain is my loss. So too if he pays me 11k rather than 12k, keeping that extra k as profit for himself, his gain is my loss.
We decide who to lock up, so why not put a limit on how much wealth one can accumulate, say something like no more than 1000% of the average wage, all other income taxed at 100%, or 90% or 80%.
They only gain this income by exploiting the proletariat so its only fair!