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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Google Billionaire Sergey Brin Compares California Wealth Tax To Soviet Union Socialism

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Google Billionaire Sergey Brin Compares California Wealth Tax To Soviet Union Socialism

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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    If paying more tax feels like the Soviet Union, maybe the problem isn’t the tax

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

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    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.

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

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    Fuck you and fuck off, Brin.

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    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.

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