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by w0de 2000 days ago
Taxes. We tax the wealth. Aggressively, by raising rates, closing loopholes, and pressuring tax havens.

> entitles the government to take over ownership

Yes, successful or not, yes. Companies and their services exist within society, benefiting from our collective infrastructure, and society has absolute and final power over them. They are not people, with rights. Our economic system gives them extraordinary freedom to pursue wealth. That freedom is not a right. Capitalism is not morally equivalent to inalienable human rights.