[duncan_bayne]

Perhaps to put the question a different way.

What is the difference to me, as an individual, what happens to the wealth once it's been taken from me?

Since I'm not spending it to further my own goals (e.g. by charitable donation to a cause whose values I share), does it matter whether that money has been spent on something someone else values, or literally burned?

[webmaven]

> does it matter whether that money has been spent on something someone else values, or literally burned?

Since I'm pretty sure that burning it would cause a deflationary spiral, yep.