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Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between violence and inequality

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Re: Stanford historian uncovers a grim correlation between violence and inequality

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Well, it did prove itself as a prototype once: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freigeld - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B6rgl#The_W.C3.B6rgl_Expe... Government still gets to redistribute whatever taxes it accrues.

No it hasn't, absolutely nothing on those pages is an argument against anything I wrote. Not only can the rich easily avoid this system, they don't even need to do anything because today, the rich already hold almost all of their assets in non-cash form. So your idea doesn't work even if the rich literally to do nothing about, they are already safe before you even start. Yes, the government can redistribute money of…

I never said it is enough to reduce inequality. You'd have to heavily tax luxury goods, so the rich would have to convert some of their assets to cash, to pay for their taxes. Sure it won't make rich into middle class, but it is possible.

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Why? What is so great about profit? I would be very glad to give up profit for no scarcity.

The ferengi is weak in this one.

Sorry, I cannot resist adding a reference to gold-pressed latinum.
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