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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:01PM (#24200314)
Capitalism has done more to lift people out of poverty than any other system in human history, so it's got that going for it.
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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by vidarh on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @02:20PM (#24202214)
Marx wrote something almost to that effect in the Communist Manifesto. About half the first chapter is intense praise for the advances brought by capitalism.
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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by pinkfoot on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:23PM (#24201453)
Actually that title belongs to the CCP.
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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:34PM (#24201598)
"China's Economic Success Proves the Power of Capitalism"[0] My point still stands.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2019/07/08/chin...

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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kwhitefoot on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:55PM (#24201072)
Billionaires are not necessary for capitalism.
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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by eanzenberg on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:16PM (#24201364)
I wouldn’t be surprised if billionaires are a one of the many reasons people want to immigrate to America.
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Re:Modeling a Wealth Tax by kuzimoto on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @01:07PM (#24201229)
I never said they were. I believe they are merely a symptom of it.
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