[kashunstva]

> I've got kids, I want people creating start ups they can work in, the alternative is too grim.

I also have kids. I want them to live in a just society where billionaires, whom Mr. Graham proudly grooms, according to his telling of the matter, don’t actively undermine the ability of ordinary citizens to earn a living wage, to have a say in self-governance, and to enjoy universal healthcare.

[askl]

Or even better, a world where billionaires aren't able to exist.

There needs to be a wealth maximum, afterwards you just get taxed 100%.

[mrankin]

I agree with the sentiment, but taxation isn’t the answer. Govt is just as irresponsible as any corporation. Taxation winds up just being a way to manipulate interest rates.

[elephant81]

I think you'll find its not billionaires stopping that, its elected officials.

[neumann]

Yes their are. Majority of elected officials are just their instrument. The amount of money billionaires spend shaping media, lobbying and campaigns to get power and push propaganda to determine who is elected makes the fight to get people like AOC who are working in the interest of society so much harder.

[nlitened]

> people like AOC who are working in the interest of society

People like AOC just pander to uneducated populace who'd prefer to use force to take free stuff of other people who work instead of working themselves.

Very easy to keep electing such politicians — just continue giving out more free stuff, so that people think it's the norm, and working is not required, just always taking is fine. People will vote accordingly

[ModernMech]

> use force to take free stuff of other people who work instead of working themselves.

Funny, to me this describes the investor class.

[nlitened]

I'd really love to understand why you see it that way. In what way do investors force anybody to do anything?

[discreteevent]

Buy up all the property in an area and raise the rents in order to force other people to give them their hard earned cash so that they can spend it on a yacht in Monaco.

[missingdays]

What did she give away for free and how can I get more of it?

[mpweiher]

Other people's money.

[mif]

Free stuff like roads and schools? Or free stuff like polluted water and air?

[oezi]

That's a grim view on a politician who - looking from the outside - is just thinking and talking like a normal human.

There are a lot of fine shades between a free riding communism and cut-throat capitalism. Finding workable balances is a key aspects of politics.

[adamredwoods]

To understand why the two are one and the same, is first to understand that the US is a plutocracy.

[cambrianentropy]

You are soooo close!

[peab]

This sort of comment does not belong on hacker news.