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Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by tsimionescu on Friday February 02, 2024 @04:40PM (#39234823)
> Are you suggesting Edison would have invented everything he did if he wasn't allowed to get rich?

Who said anything about not being allowed to get rich? 10s of millions of dollars is rich by any measure.

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Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by kuratkull on Saturday February 03, 2024 @02:58AM (#39238363)
So he would have stopped after 10% (random ratio) of his inventions. Or probably not started at all if there was a cap he knows he would reach very quickly.
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