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And this is why billionaires should not control vital resources
But they always do.
I'm okay if billionaires exist, but their political and economic power should be somehow kept in check
Nope. No one person ever needs anything near that amount of money.
Agreed. No one should have that much wealth. Saying it is fine is like saying cancer is fine for a body.
I'm okay with billionaires if the government provides a UBI of ten million a year. A hundred years of UBI seems like a fair amount for someone to own if they worked really hard and inherited a nice house. Houses are one of the only things I think should be inherited.
Money is political and economic power. You CANNOT have one without the other.
doesn't need to be
go get money out of politics
remove citizens united and all that
That won't end corruption
There is no magic system that will allow us all to live in a world where we don't have to be ever vigilant against corruption. That will ALWAYS be the price of freedom. FOREVER. But we can make it easier on ourselves. Good laws can't solve all our problems, but they can keep them manageable.
Good laws, like capping personal wealth?
then work harder against corruption
by removing billionaires
by making sure they cant spend their money on stuff their not supposed to, like buying politicians