alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWorld's richest 1% gained $40 tn in a decade: Oxfamwww.france24.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1771
arrow-up1771external-linkWorld's richest 1% gained $40 tn in a decade: Oxfamwww.france24.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareblazera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·4 months agoIts a built in feedback loop. Under capitalism, resources are distributed based on capital. But capital is a resource. So its naturally going to concentrate. We need hard caps on wealth
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoNot sure how you achieve that in a world with multiple nations though. Capital is naturally pretty mobile.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoG20 is currently holding negotiations to start imposing a minimum tax on billionaires, guess which country is against that…
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoVatican City? Please, please be Vatican City. (I know it isn’t)
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago Capital is naturally pretty mobile. Ban export of capital.
minus-squareblazera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoHow do you see it play out if we say, in the US, any wealth over the cap gets taxed away.
minus-squareMCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt will only cause more capital to go to tax havens.
minus-squareblazera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoStill count it towards their wealth
Its a built in feedback loop. Under capitalism, resources are distributed based on capital. But capital is a resource. So its naturally going to concentrate.
We need hard caps on wealth
Not sure how you achieve that in a world with multiple nations though. Capital is naturally pretty mobile.
G20 is currently holding negotiations to start imposing a minimum tax on billionaires, guess which country is against that…
Vatican City? Please, please be Vatican City.
(I know it isn’t)
Ban export of capital.
How do you see it play out if we say, in the US, any wealth over the cap gets taxed away.
It will only cause more capital to go to tax havens.
Still count it towards their wealth