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A comment on Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth. Parent comment

Re:Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth by ohCh6zos on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:22PM (#32726064)
> Nobody should get to be rich because of who their daddy was.

Why? It is non-obvious to me that we should have a collective say in why the rich become rich.

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Re:Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth by cee_el123 on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:02PM (#32727193)
land and natural resources are limited in supply

they're also a big part of how humans fulfil the basic necessities of life

why should this "ownership" gained centuries ago through violence or social rank, be the reason for the average person of today having pay 50% of their wages in tribute to the descendant of that original conqueror/noble ?

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Re:Thomas Piketty’s Radical Plan to Redistribute Wealth by ForHackernews on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:40PM (#32727679)
Seems obvious to me: The only reason those people are even "rich" is because we've collectively decided not to eat them.

There are more of us than them. Property rights are agreed and enforced by society.

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