[ranie93]

Without checking the figures, I can agree with the idea that a one-time seizement wouldn't assuage much.

Certainly Bill Gates and his endeavors have created immense value for many.

None of these points are being contested or purported in the "line of thinking" you mention (the letter I linked I assume?)

[bhupy]

> None of these points are being contested or purported in the "line of thinking" you mention (the letter I linked I assume?)

These points are being purported/contested here:

"There is nothing worth celebrating about a world where inequality is so extreme that 58% of people are in poverty, while a few dozen billionaires have more than all of their wealth combined"

[ranie93]

They're not, but its fine to read between the lines. The letter makes no allusions to seizing wealth or stating that immense wealth hasn't been created.

[bhupy]

My point is that the more useful description of the problem is:

“There is nothing worth celebrating about a world where 58% of people are in poverty”.

The “inequality” and the presence of billionaires is a distraction from the real problem: poverty.

[tootahe45]

A one-time seizement assumes the money is just sitting there in a high-interest savings account or something. This is why we need proper education, but as soon as you mention basket weaving class should probably be replaced with something more relevant, you're a right-winger trying to dumb down the population.