• Delta_V@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      That kind of system existed in post-WWII USA, when a high school graduate could work full time to afford a house while being the single income for a big family.

      We called it ‘taxes’.

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        9 months ago

        Taxes were never meant to be profit caps and they clearly aren’t an effective way to stop the ruling class. They’re what the ruling class used to use to break people; nowadays they just don’t give people enough money in the first place.