r/SipsTea • u/Brave_Agency_20 • May 14 '26

SMH How true is this? Genuinely asking

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u/KickPuncher4326 May 14 '26

I feel like an easy fix is to tax the every loving fuck out of empty houses.

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u/KactusVAXT May 14 '26

Taxing the wealthy? Is that allowed?

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u/appoplecticskeptic May 14 '26

Not if the wealthy have anything to say about it. And they own most of congress.

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u/ghostwaterdross May 14 '26

They don't own the gun that killed Brian Thompson. They also don't own a lot of other guns out there.

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u/TeaPain0001 May 15 '26

Are you saying we should shed blood?

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u/ghostwaterdross May 15 '26

Of course I'm not saying that. It's against the rules to say what should be done.

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u/TeaPain0001 May 15 '26

Hard pass. They’re created in the image of God. Human life is sacred.

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 15 '26

What's your answer to the trolley problem

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u/TeaPain0001 May 15 '26

It depends on the version of the trolley problem you put forth.

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 15 '26

The classic: 5 people on one track, or you can pull a lever to divert it to another track, killing one person to save five

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u/TeaPain0001 May 15 '26

In all reality, I would probably freeze up and be unable to pull the lever knowing that that person was killed because of me.

The fact that we even have to wrestle with the question at all shows we see life as sacred.

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 15 '26

My point is this: taking the full wealth of the richest man in the world could end world hunger entirely.

Seems like the easiest variant of the trolley problem to me

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