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I don't really agree with it, I'm just trying to explain the viewpoint.

They're not owed in a fully capitalist system, but I can see some merit for the idea that inequality has gotten so bad that there needs to be external intervention to fix that, and redistribute the wealth that is currently concentrated in the top 1%. Giving normal people that money would be a good thing for the economy, and I can see some benefit to it.

Now of course in practice it wouldn't be legal and getting that money from them would be near impossible, but its interesting in theory.



If you give them money, they'll spend it at Amazon and bezos will get it back. What's the point?

The rich are the first to encourage a witch-hunt against the rich. It drives up business.




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