re: People still don't understand net worth/wealth vs income

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One of the more popular Marxist critiques has to do not with income, but with income "inequity".

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Yeah, one of the things America definitely leads the world in is the development of bullshite statistics to fit political narratives. Another thing we’re world class in is graduating retards incapable of seeing through bullshite.

That said, I think the arguments for/against raising income taxes or passing a wealth tax should contemplate the sorry state of “capitalism” as practiced in this country, and even more - the politics of taxation have changed dramatically since Reagan-era debates.

Put another way, I couldn’t give a frick how much money Zuckerberg, Brin, Page, Gates, Bezos, Bloomberg, etc have where “who has how much” is concerned, but I’m not really excited about the new America these assholes are ushering in.