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Back when this was a real thing, billionaires didn't exist. I say we try very hard to go back to this economic era.
They were called millionnaires!
We can't. Unless you want another world war, kill tens of millions, and destroy most of Western Europe, have Nazis, and nuke a country. Not to mention billions less on the planet.
This is what eventually pushed for the Marshall Plan that did help Europe and fuel the reconstruction that followed in the USA and elsewhere. Like the boomers lived through a period of time that was quite far, far from 'normal.' Only because it happened it does not mean that it was historically normal, nor does the remove the nuances of the time period, both the so-called good along with the horrible.
Problem seems to be that the lady on OP's post has the Historical knowledge and nuance of a toddler. Is that the average education system in the USA? Because if so, holy shit.
Back then there was this thing called the marginal tax rate which taxed the extremely wealthy 90%.
Current proposals for a marginal tax rate on anyone making over 10 million dollars is 70% and the billionaires of this country are using their wealth to convince the stupidest of the lower classes that such a thing will hurt them and not just the billionaires.
Sure we can, eat the rich. It's that simple.
Sounds like the reset we need /s
Sure. We’ll just have to make sure that women and minorities can’t get good jobs, and we’ve gotta get most of Europe leveled by war. Then we also need a wildly progressive president
But then it’s easy.
Also anything electrical beyond heating this thing or spinning that thing needs to go.
Imagine having a lucrative career as a comptometer operator.
Imagine hearing ad nauseum about the pending healthcare and manufacturing crisis that will be caused by the retirement of the boomers and thinking there won't be anything for people to do for work in the future because some things are automated.
This time it has to be China also, not only Europe (and mostly not Europe, actually). Then, if the retaliatory nuke does not destroy everyone, you can again have the privilege of feeding off the rest of the world for a decade or 2 with no competition. I wonder if any kind of tech breakthrough can lead to the same advantage that could be shared by a nation and not only a few rich. Seems the answer is no. And the minorities issue is unlikely to fly again, as white people are no longer the overwhelming majority, the mix is way more diverse.