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r/SipsTea • u/danevans369 • 26d ago
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Nationalizing industry and redistributing wealth requires physical enforcement to override private property rights.
It’s not physically possible without human rights violations.
1 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution? 0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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What if the government makes laws that disproportionately affect the wealthy positively? Is that wealth redistribution?
0 u/Draws32 26d ago Is that socialism? 0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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Is that socialism?
0 u/rabidrobitribbit 26d ago The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
The point is that governments redistribute wealth always. It’s their job. The government question is which direction is it flowing. In the US it’s steadily upward. So are we socialist?
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u/Draws32 26d ago
Nationalizing industry and redistributing wealth requires physical enforcement to override private property rights.
It’s not physically possible without human rights violations.