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Re:Ask PG: What has changed since you wrote Hackers and Pain... by Goladus on Saturday September 10, 2011 @11:22PM (#2983098)
> (b) the slower technological/economic growth you get when you ban being rich.

There's a world of difference between "ban being rich" and "resist oligarchy with progressive taxation, investment in public services, infrastructure, research, and consumer-friendly laws and protections."

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Re:Ask PG: What has changed since you wrote Hackers and Pain... by wnight on Sunday September 11, 2011 @03:35PM (#2984585)
You could even ban being rich from exploitation of limited resources or when destroying the commons. I didn't agree to let my government lease oil-bearing land to the largest industrial polluters and allow them to horde the results.

Makers versus takers...

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