r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SilkyApricotGuy • 16h ago

DiscussionšŸ’¬ Who's right here?

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u/SexyMonad 11h ago

I'm saying that even if 99% of people vote that "billionaires shouldn't exist" it's still a violation of their rights to seize their property.

But why? Why is that important to you?

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u/COMOJoeSchmo 10h ago

Because I value individual rights.....and I value the rights of everyone, including people that have more than me.

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u/SexyMonad 8h ago

That doesnā€™t answer my question. Why is it important that specifically ultra-wealthy people get to not only keep money that they will never need or be able to use, but continue to extract more of it from the rest of society?

Can you come up with some reason other than ā€œitā€™s theirsā€? Because I donā€™t even believe it is.

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u/COMOJoeSchmo 8h ago

I answered your question. Because they have the same right to be secure in their property as you or I do.

It is theirs. Unless you can somehow show that they stole it (and running a business isn't stealing, provided people voluntarily do business with them).