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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

She's not totally wrong

If we gave every American 1 billion dollars the current billionaires would lose massive amounts of power and it would help fix wealth inequality.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do that and get ready for 100,000 dollars for a dozen eggs cause the market will charge what it knows the customer can pay.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's the point.

The poorer groups will pay the same amount of their wealth proportionally for things, but the proportional wealth of the rich will be dimished.

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