From today's @guardian:
"Musk on pace to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027, report says"
Others, it is suggested, are not that far behind in this race to accumulate what for most of us is unimaginable wealth.
But while these people are hoarding vast amounts of money, think what this means: that every dollar, pound, yen, rupee that they hold is money that will not, can not, be spent on improving the lot of mankind.
It's time for global taxes on wealth.
@volkris @RussCheshire @guardian Yeah, turns out nearly all the wealth being held is actually companies that are literally trying to improve the lot of mankind; OP has it 100% wrong!
(I mean, we can quibble about how much good his companies do, but still.)
@ech @RussCheshire it's not quibbling, though. It's the substantial question of whether the money does or does not exist since the proposal is to take away money, that may not exist in the first place.
That's a core issue.
And it has absolutely nothing to do with whether companies are bad or good.
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