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    Slightly Mad Studios Reveals the Final Design of the Mad Box

    lol :)
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    I think I see the miscommunication. I said that rich people who attempt to change the rules of the system so that others can't even compete with them are evil, and should be opposed. By "opposed", I just mean that we should not allow them to tilt the playing field solely in their favor. I'm...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Yeah, I'm aware of that. We have an almost infinite capacity to justify immoral things for the argument that it's "better for society in the long run". Such a totalitarian viewpoint. Both rich and poor people make this mistake. I also very much agree with the charity-is-selfish argument. It...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Huh? How am I suggesting that those who don't share my values should be targeted? I'm speaking against the theft of wealth. Whose wealth am I somehow advocating should be taken from them? I advocate no such thing. I don't think anyone should forcefully take/steal the wealth that has been...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    I do appreciate the debate here, and that you're not resorting to name calling and simply trying to have a rational argument. Thanks for the civility, tetris42! Some of the services you listed (such as police), I'm fine with being taxed for. My moral argument for that is the following: our...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Yes, I know that the rich have influenced changes in laws that get them tax breaks--I tried to point that out in my post that you quoted. It seems reasonable to me that they want to give themselves tax breaks, since they pay so much tax--I don't think that's wrong. It seems very reasonable (at...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    That's why I'm generally not a fan of government regulation. I often hear that governments are vital because they prevent monopolies. It's hilarious--governments create monopolies far more than they prevent them, with their stupid regulations that often guarantee that market entrants have no...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Why? I think the majority of rich people (top 10% let's say) are not bad. They are productive members of society, adding lots of value to mankind, and getting rewarded for their efforts. I think the "bad ones" are a minority, and those ones should be opposed because they are deliberately...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Now we're definitely in agreement. :) I *hate* rich people who try to tilt the playing field in their favor, and this sometimes does actually happen. I believe in equal opportunity for all, and any rich person who tries to stack the laws in a way that gives them an exclusive benefit that...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Completely agree. And to add to it, the reason why I think step #1 is to "stop vilifying the rich" is because we will be unable to make any progress towards self-improvement until we pass this first step. If the rich are the enemy, then they are the oppressors and we are the victims, and every...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    I don't see jealousy of success and self-growth as opposites, as you're presenting them. I think people should be jealous of others' success, to the point where it spurs them to grow themselves. Why not strive for high success as modeled by others? Edit: Did you mean to use the word...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    Why does the supervisor get paid twice as much? Is it that the supervisor is having twice as much impact? If they are, then they deserve twice as much. If they aren't, then the business is run poorly and someone should reduce that supervisor's pay or hire someone else to be supervisor for...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    It's not about how hard people work--"hardness of work" has nothing to do with it. It's about productivity. There are plenty of people in the world who work hard, and when you add all that hard work up, produce almost nothing. Likewise, there are people who work shorter days in a nice air...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    If the rich wrote the laws, then why did they write them in such a way that they pay almost all of the taxes? Did they just voluntarily say "yeah, I totally think I should pay higher percentages of taxation than everyone else; that makes sense." Did they write the laws saying that they should...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    :) What I'd like to see, and what is feasible, are different things. The ideal case would be that all members of society are equally AND highly productive. The reality--due to difference in human nature and capability--is that the Pareto distribution is probably as good as we'll ever get...
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