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Why did a billionaire propose biasing the voting system towards the rich? Gee I wonder.

Maybe if they made it on effective tax rate. Your vote is weighed based on the percentage of INCOME that is taxed, but everyone gets a vote regardless.

I think I'd just like it done on percentage of overall wealth handed to the government or charity each year.

Handy side effect would be that if Jeff wants to buy some influence for Amazon, he could do it by paying all his warehouse and delivery employees better.

Votes are equal because the belief system is that all people are equal. If you win the lottery, you don't instantly become a more valuable person.

Prior generations understood more clearly that the physical security that underwrites great financial successes is all underwritten in blood. A better heuristic is everyone gets the number of votes equivalent to how many of their lives they could give in a conflict.

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