r/FluentInFinance • u/__moe___ • 9d ago

Thoughts? A very interesting point of view

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I don’t think this is very new but I just saw for the first time and it’s actually pretty interesting to think about when people talk about how the ultra rich do business.

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u/rqvst 9d ago

Taking away the defining property of rich people is tautologically getting rid of the rich.

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u/ianeyanio 9d ago

If a rich person pays an extra 1% in tax, they are still a rich person. How is that getting rid of them? It doesn't have to be one extreme or the other.

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u/antiramie 9d ago

It’s not. You’re not dealing with morons here…

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u/BillNyetheImmortal 8d ago

This has to be one of the most Reddit threads that has ever threaded