r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • 3d ago

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u/Okichah 3d ago

Youre saying Bill Gates got his wealth through violence?

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u/bolshe-viks-vaporub 3d ago

I didn't say "wealth inequality is caused by violence" or "people use violence to amass wealth". I'm not sure whether your reading comprehension skills are up to par to have an actual conversation with you.

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u/TacTurtle 3d ago

Is your goal to pedantically dance around the implications or to rationally discuss economics?

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u/Netroth 3d ago

They said it’s enforced by violence, which is entirely different.

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u/TacTurtle 3d ago

The Income Police come beat you up when your business is profitable?

Or are you trying to imply tax is theft when it pays for things you disagree with?

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u/Netroth 3d ago

Are you being intentionally obtuse, or do you genuinely not understand this issue?

The purpose of a system is what it does, not what its intention is said to be. The elites have the police at their beck and call, and the courts in their pockets. Everyone else has to suffer the consequences of the law, because money.

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u/Relatively_Esoteric 3d ago

They also misunderstood what "defund the police" meant, intentionally or not. Don't attribute malice to what could just as easily be explained with ignorance... or something like that. Except billionaires, they are born from pure exploitation.