This is why wealth should be less concentrated. A few people has their hands in all businesses and that will end badly.

Taxation is not just about paying for the costs of the country, it is also about making sure that nobody has enough power to subjugate the will of the people. Monopolies, billionaires, the accumulation of such power is making the average citizen powerless. And you can feel it.

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shrubby 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The power is in the hands of a few people obsessed or possessed. Gambling addiction, narcissism, power hunger.

Taxation will not solve this before the global society collapses so the question is whether we figure out a way to level the power.

This is not evil, but a trait of human nature of corruption or addiction to power.

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Frieren 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Taxation will not solve this before the global society collapses

Taxation can and must solve it before "society collapses". And many people are working to solve the problem. It is difficult and requires effort but nothing that has not been done before. We got rid of king (by the will of god) in the past so techno-power-hungry cringey businessmen should be easier.

	▲	shrubby an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yup. I tried to say that conventional taxation is not enough. As the power is hidden in Panama bank accounts we need to figure out means beyond taxation to neutralize it as it being used to obliterate the future.

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maxrev17 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah it’s ’more more more’. Seems a very nature based behaviour. We need a restraint or predator to slow us off!

	▲	skeledrew an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's default behavior due to scarcity. Remove that permanently and there's no longer incentive to be greedy.

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ekianjo 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> the will of the people.

there is so such thing.

if there is it sure is very flexible and forgetful

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przeor 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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