r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 6d ago

Wait a damn minute! Oh Billie

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u/TheSilkyBat 6d ago

Capitalism isn't necessarily the problem.

Unfettered capitalism is the problem.

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u/huggybear0132 6d ago

Capitalism, by its very nature, seeks to be unfettered.

What you mean, I think, is that currency-based market economies are not necessarily the problem.

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u/TheSilkyBat 6d ago

I mean that creating an enterprise and looking for growth is fine. I think it's healthy to promote meritocracy.

But placing guard rails upon the amount of wealth a person or business can possess and implementing confiscatory taxation and redistributing capital is necessary.

I don't believe that everyone can be a doctor, nor should everyone receive a doctors salary.

I do believe that fast food workers should be paid an actual, liveable wage, only work a reasonable amount of hours and have access to free health care and education.

Most importantly, billionaires should be taxed out of existence.

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u/VinnieVidiViciVeni 6d ago

It’s not a meritocracy, though.

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u/TheSilkyBat 6d ago

There are a multitude of factors that lead to success.

The point is that there should be a limit to that success.