‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escape Plans

Re:‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escap... by splintercell on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:50AM (#22922737)

And this is why the Mexican standoff between the elites and the common people exists. You think that you have a right to dictate when someone can own something or not, so people who own something invest in ensuring that they maintained the right to own something.

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Re:‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escap... by ForHackernews on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:11AM (#22923155)

What makes you believe that "ownership" is even a meaningful concept in the absence of a social and a legal system that recognizes property?

If you're at the point of trying to install discipline collars on your formerly-hired goons, maybe that 25% capital gains tax rate starts to look pretty reasonable in retrospect.

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Re:‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escap... by cylinder on Monday April 20, 2020 @07:32PM (#22930101)

Are you kidding me? I presume that the referenced poster is an NZ citizen. NZ is a democracy. (S)he has every right to express an opinion about who is able to become a resident or citizen of their country, as well as decide who can own its land. In fact non-NZ residents/citizens are not allowed to buy property in the country.

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Re:‘We Needed to Go’: Rich Americans Activate Pandemic Escap... by splintercell on Monday April 20, 2020 @07:47PM (#22930235)

Just to be clear I think it's a terrible idea for Americans to go to another country, because here in America our founding fathers realized it 243 years ago that a democracy cannot be given all the power at once and that it must be curtailed, that's why they created a Bill of Rights.

> I presume that the reference poster is...

I don't think that the comment I was responding to was talking about New Zealand oh, but a general Democratic principle.

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