I was being cheeky with the "complacent" bit. Of course we need class solidarity. The reason I went out the way to self identity is because I am finally one of those fucks that I've always been told the system works for, a respectable taxpayer. And as a respectable taxpayer I demand high taxes and a welfare state.

Let's tax wealth to fund quality universal basic services first. Healthcare, childcare, education, transportation, social security, elder care. Social non-market housing, public utilities for electricity, water, telecommunications/Internet. None of these are increasing inflation, because they are not part of the market.

The idea of "nest egg" is only important as a privatised form of elder care. I couldn't care less about the value of my house if I had a publicly guaranteed quality of life as a pensioner. I wouldn't even care to own a house if I had strong renter protections in non-market housing (basically if renting was not equivalent to someone holding power over my life decisions).

And of course, of course, the capture of capital in unproductive real estate is beyond stupid. Instead of feeding a real estate bubble, it should be ingested in productive sectors of the economy, like building up renewables and the green transition.

A social democracy is just common sense.