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19 pointspmoriarty3 comments

Remember the time when the planet was hijacked by kings and warlords?

The page linked is a short piece of left-wing discourse, also liking to a book which alleges that billionaires use their charitable funds not for charity but for money-laundering.

Unfortunately, the piece is not insightful; whether you're left-leaning or not, you see nothing new, and move on.

I like how non-billionaires act like the dobermans of their owner. They take care of the mansion but always sleep outside.

>> He argues that eliminating the power of the super-rich would created would lead to America that was "the country we think we live in but don't.

A transfer of wealth from billionaires to the government is a transfer of power from one overlord to another. Different overlord. Same problems.

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