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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There are ways around this. For example, let's say you set the wealth cap at 10 million. You write a law that says, "anyone that reports an illegal fortune larger than this will receive half of the money confiscated from this illegal fortune to divide tax-free among yourself, friends, and family."

Billionaires don't know how to manage their own money. They hire accountants. So you make it so any random accountant can rat out an illegal billionaire and get paid enough to not only max out their own lifetime allowable fortune, but those of all their friends and family.

Sure, the billionaire could avoid this by just dividing up his wealth among his own friends and family. But in that case, he's still losing control. And that's ultimately the point of this. Thousands of low-digit millionaires are infinitely superior to one billionaire.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

thats an interesting take. problem is we are already dealing with tens of billions which is closing in on hundreds to likely some of these finance guys are already pulling in hundreds of mil. Might have to start that cap at a billion and titer it down.