To be a leftist right now is to believe that the US government is and has been a force of net evil in the world but to also believe that the most ethical thing to do with your money is to give the US government more of it
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Seriously, How does that equation balance? Where is the inflection point after which we’ve given the government enough revenue that it magically becomes a force for global good?
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Lol fair. But I think the (accurate) perception is that it will be capitalists giving more money to the US gov’t and they don’t do good stuff with it anyway. And also that the US budget for imperialism and war is infinite regardless of taxation.
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I don’t know. Bill Gates is trying to eliminate malaria and convince other ultra wealthy people to pledge their fortunes for philanthropy. And even he becomes a target of opportunity
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