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Climate change: this is already created by the rich. We can create an environment that has minimal effects on the earth. If China wasn't leading solar power, we would be in an even worse situation.
Poverty and inequality: Taxing the rich solves this problem right away.
Corruption and bad governance: Rich are causing most of the problem, bribing, lobbying etc.
Access to clean water and food: Nestle and Bill Gates and many other rich are buying water resources and they don't let governments set up a water fountain in the cities, I am not sure about all over the world, but in city centers that is what's happening.
Public health: They are privatizing health. This is obvious especially in the USA.
Misinformation and polarization: This is created by the rich-owned media.
Biodiversity loss: You know, the rich don't care about this either, we could come together and find a solution but the rich, who have the actual power do not care about nature.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not unpopular

The language around it needs to be more focused though

Wealth tax is the mechanism this needs to occur, taxing income doesn't touch these people

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Every year, we take the, say, 50 people with the highest average wealth for the year, publicly execute them, and disperse their assets. Put a lower limit on it (e.g. 50 million). Make it a race to the bottom.

[–] sahin@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Definitely. I really hate it when people think taxing rich is taxing their income. Most of them don't have income, they have assets. We need to tax assets