Germany’s Left Party wants to halve billionaires…
Let them eat [the rich]
You do one of those to maintain you society civilized, and the other to make your society civilized.
Invester flight in Germany
Unfortunately they also want to stop helping Ukraine defend against russia. So they’re a no-go.
Is right wing party in favor of helping, then? If both are shit, I’ll at least take one that is anti-capitalist
Hmm surely isn’t this one of the things that coalition talks would water down?
Historically, people who want to tax the rich are also the same people who respect human rights and oppose capital punishment.
Those people have at times been pushed to a breaking point where anarchy broke out, but the vast majority of such cases led immediately and directly into autocracy.
At least they actually have seats in parliament
A real wealth tax could be devastatingly effective at reducing wealth disparity. It just takes some patience to let the exponential compounding effect kick in. Way, way less blood and lower potential for counter revolution.
