Bezos started with hundreds of thousands of dollars and a secure living arrangement, from what I understand.

And if you are making $100k, you aren't the target of anyone's tax plans.

nah, if you make $100k (especially if it's straight W-2 income) you have basically just entered the range where you have enough disposable cash to be worth taking but not enough to do anything about it. no one will say so explicitly, but this group is the prime target for taxation.

In general, wealth taxes are not aimed at 100k earners. Neither are capital gains taxes. Nor are "tax the rich" movements.

While yes, at 100K you can probably afford to pay some taxes, it's not where we should be looking to solve any real meaty problems.

"A small investment" and the ability to take on risk sounds like a significantly privileged position the average worker is not afforded.

Every single worker with a wage is more privileged than me - I had zero, no job, no house, and debt. Them not being able to take risks is just bullshit, they're simply afraid or don't even want to - and that is alright, people like me will happily employ them - unless employing or being in the state becomes too risky.

And I'm glad you're privileged enough to be here posting today, boasting of the wealth your workers generate for you :-)

How do you define "privilege"? Isn't it another way of saying "wealth"?

privilege, noun

a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

Using that definition, why would you say that emteycz has special rights or advantages or immunity?

Some advantages, I'm making assumptions here:

A car? Access to the internet? Their mental and physical health? No dependents? It's unclear how emteycz fed, cleaned, and clothed themselves while they had debt and no home, but plausibly there's some assistance there.

And the parent poster was talking about their privilege today in any case.

> a car

$200 one

> access to the internet

McDonalds and KFC

> Their mental and physical health

Both nope

> how emteycz fed, cleaned, and clothed themselves

Black market jobs, and sometimes not much to eat. I had clothes from before. Zero assistance, that's how it is in our little social democratic republic.