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by pydry
1689 days ago
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Or Japan stripping its oligarchs of their wealth (partly at America's insistence) leading to a post-war boom like no other. Or, if it comes to that, top American tax rates of 98% that ceilinged income, presaging the strongest economic growth the country has ever experienced and the growth of the middle class (a species that has since become endangered). Alas, as is often the case in nature, the parasite manages to fool the host into believing it is not only benign, but necessary. |
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I seriously recommend cracking open a history book, because you are confusing political lustration of the old regime with downward redistribution.
But a good hallmark of the envy-based religion is to cheer when someone richer is made poorer, irrespective of whether any downward redistribution occurs. This is because the anger is pointed towards those who have something you don't, and so that anger is appeased when they are hurt. It doesn't matter whether you do not benefit, or even are hurt yourself, in the process.
> top American tax rates of 98% that ceilinged income, presaging the strongest economic growth
Like 10 families paid those rates, they lasted about a decade before JFK repealed them, and the lowering of those rates led to a revenue increase. Top rates had little to do with the economic boom.
> Alas, as is often the case in nature, the parasite manages to convince the host that it is not only benign, but necessary.
Absolutely. And when the politics of envy leads to bad outcomes, that is taken as proof that even more must be done. Among the infected, envy is always the key to better living standards, regardless of your current situation.