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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by jacobolus on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:05AM (#18211459)
There is nothing “rightful” about a 100 million dollar inheritance (or whatever). Just like there is nothing “rightful” about inheriting a royal throne. Money is an arbitrary social convention, and wealth is generated by the whole society not by single individuals.

Inheritances that provide centuries of descendants with a work-free life and the power/influence to corrupt the government make a grotesque mockery of our society / politics.

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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by kazinator on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:17AM (#18211491)
The main reason there is nothing rightful about inheriting a royal throne is that there is nothing rightful about holding it in the first place.
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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by jakelazaroff on Sunday October 14, 2018 @02:17AM (#18211624)
That's the point: there's nothing self-evidently "rightful" about holding $100m either, and there are multiple political/economic systems practiced today that would consider it unjust.
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