Joakim Book on Nostr: EATING THE RICH is a hopeless and lunatic policy proposal. First, the rich aren't ...

EATING THE RICH is a hopeless and lunatic policy proposal.

First, the rich aren't even that rich: grabbing all of Jeff Bezos' wealth bankrolls the Federal Government for less than a week.

Second,
"Wealth in a free society is a rough tallying score of how much economic value someone has provided to the rest of us. A rich person’s wealth — bar inheritance and cronyism — is a testament to how much they enriched us."
So we need the rich RICHER, not poorer.
https://www.aier.org/article/eating-the-rich-wont-feed-the-beast/
https://twitter.com/joakimbook/status/1775138795622371658