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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by antisthenes on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @07:40PM (#11680289)
Redistribution of wealth faces the problem of fleeing capital from your country.

Remember that the global elite (people who control the vast majority of the capital) is highly mobile and from their perspective there's no difference between being robbed and having their wealth "redistributed".

It should also be taken into account that even if the wealth was redistributed, each poor person would only receive a minute amount, for example let's say 1 share of Google, Amazon and a few more shares.

They would almost immediately have to sell this wealth to transform it into income for current needs.

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Re:Poultry Workers in Diapers as Bathroom Breaks Denied, Oxf... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @09:15PM (#11680673)
In this case, redistribution would be raising wages. It doesn't matter if "the global elite" is mobile. They're not going to move their factory farming operations outside of the US, and if they do, you tariff them when they ship the product back in.
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