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minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoI think there’s a lot of distraction discussing the particulars of this hypothetical, when it’s clear that it couldn’t work that way in practice. It’s really only helpful to illustrate the equity imbalance and just how much equity is in the system that most people don’t see.
minus-squareBuffalobuffalo@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t disagree that the commenter was not calling for all wealth to be seized and redistributed. But I didn’t want to post my disagreement with all the other people who said this would cause inflation.
I think there’s a lot of distraction discussing the particulars of this hypothetical, when it’s clear that it couldn’t work that way in practice.
It’s really only helpful to illustrate the equity imbalance and just how much equity is in the system that most people don’t see.
I don’t disagree that the commenter was not calling for all wealth to be seized and redistributed. But I didn’t want to post my disagreement with all the other people who said this would cause inflation.