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Achieving that type of success is something people should aspire to, not something to be demonized as "not good for society". Every single society/country has ultra rich. AOC's ideal society will simply shift who is in that group from those who create to those who take power.
What society didn't have ultra rich? Kings didn't live like peasants. Dictators in Communist countries (which AOC wants to imitate) are all ultra-rich compared to regular people. They simply get that way by seizing their wealth. While in America, most of the rich create wealth.
That wealth creation is what allows America to have a thriving middle-class. It's what allows the poor in America to live better than 95% of people around the world and gives them opportunity to move up.
AOC wants to be able to take/use what others create.
AOC wants to be able to take/use what others create.
It's a world-views based completely in jealousy and ignorance.
"Why should they have what I can't have?"
Because they/their families did something for it. They created value and jobs so others can live better.
"Why should they have what I can't have?"
Because they/their families did something for it. They created value and jobs so others can live better.
The problem is that these people don't know how to add value, just redistribute it. So yes, they can redistribute the wealth via gov't force, but thus stymie further creation because it eliminates all incentives for creation. Eventually, you run out of other people's money.
& the real tell is that AOC is simply lying. She's describing a few hundred people in her tweets. Taking their wealth won't do anything. Most ultra-rich will move it elsewhere. The real wealth in America is in the upper-middle class. They are her real targets for redistribution.
Anyways, we already know where AOC's demands leads. There is a reason Putin is the richest person on earth while the Russian people starve. It's not new. It's common.
There are more moderate alternatives w/ gov't, but those require massive taxes on the middle class (not rich).
There are more moderate alternatives w/ gov't, but those require massive taxes on the middle class (not rich).
There is a spectrum from complete free markets to complete government control. America is closer to the former, which has led to unprecedented wealth and prosperity (rare). AOC wants us to move toward the latter, which always led to poverty and suffering (most of world history).
Of course there are compromises on where we can land on that spectrum. But the further you go on that line, the less freedom you have. We agree to sacrifice some liberty for some security as a society, but we can't allow ignorance and ingratitude to take us back to the other end.
