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Abolish Inherited Wealth (2020)

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Re: Abolish Inherited Wealth (2020)

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The other alternative, everything is owned by the king was also tried. It ends with the king getting his head chopped off. It's almost like black-and-white thinking like this isn't exactly intellectually curious.

> black-and-white thinking like this What does "this" refer to? I am not advocating for zero inheritance tax (though it should be low) or zero income tax (current level seems to be in a reasonable range) or zero trust-busting/antitrust regulations (currently woefully underutilized). I assume this is the neo-feudal "king" you refer to - the corporate concentration of capital? The only thing I objected to was entirely…

Can you help me understand? It just seems that when we're talking about nuance and middle ground that rejecting one side seems a little biased.
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