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by drewrv 3170 days ago
Bezos and Oprah have benefited enormously from public resources, from laws and regulations to roads and schools. To take one small example, how would a book business do in a country without widespread literacy? How would a delivery company do in a country without roads?

They're members of a society and that society has enabled them to amass tons of wealth, it's not unfair to require them to return some of it.