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Re:What Would Society Look Like If Extreme Wealth Were Impos... by raul-pilla on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @07:56AM (#39904722)
> you need to place the means of production under democratic control

That's a really good way to starve a couple million people. It's quite good to limit the wealth accumulation as well when people are only receiving rations for working from dawn to dusk.

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Re:What Would Society Look Like If Extreme Wealth Were Impos... by tehjoker on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:21AM (#39914503)
why on earth would majorities ever support doing that? lol
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Re:What Would Society Look Like If Extreme Wealth Were Impos... by raul-pilla on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:38AM (#39918103)
The cultural revolution is a good place to start.

There's a reason society's economic foundation resembles natural selection

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Re:What Would Society Look Like If Extreme Wealth Were Impos... by tehjoker on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:47PM (#39934321)
i don't think you understand anything about the cultural revolution or agricultural conditions in china
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