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Google Billionaire Sergey Brin Compares California Wealth Tax To Soviet Union Socialism (www.forbes.com)
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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 73 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Someone with more money than god is pissed he has to give a fraction more back to the society that made him? Let me get my tiny violin

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Asking him about tax is like asking carnivores to make a case for eating less flesh.
If anything his pushing back is confirmation it's the right course of action.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

billionaires are like dragons, they dont like to give any money away, but more than happy to take it from people.

[–] samsamsamsam@discuss.online 33 points 3 months ago

If paying more tax feels like the Soviet Union, maybe the problem isn’t the tax

[–] rslogix89@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago

Guy couldn't stick with don't be evil OR don't be a twat.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 15 points 3 months ago

Because forcing poor people to bear a greater tax burden is so fucking democratic, give me a break. Maybe a break of some of his bones so he can shift his focus to something else for a while.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Oh no maybe he’s going to leave the state.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Fuck you and fuck off, Brin.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.