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Is anyone making Luigi religious/propaganda pamphlets? Because that's a great idea.
"Have you heard the good news? Do you feel powerless? Fear not, for you have power." Or whatever. I'm sure someone can come up with better copy
In my sect we believe in transubstantiation of the billionaire class into liquid carbon that gets pumped underground as the ultimate form of CCS (carbon r~~c~~apture?)
Edit: but the pamphlets could be all the anticapitalist verses in the Bible and Quran
Luke 18:2-5
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There's a lot of stuff in the bible
We should make being a billionaire like trying to run the wrong way up a downward escalator, or like trying to swim up a waterfall. A wealth tax on wealth over $10 million. Starts at zero and exponentially rises to the point where at $1 billion of wealth, you need to be making a 50% rate of return on your investments to stay above $1 billion. Getting richer and richer should be like trying to swim against the current of a river, as that river flows faster and faster.
One cool feature of doing this would mean that if you saw someone who managed to stay a billionaire, it means they actually do have some pretty good business acumen. I'm not impressed by a capitalist who was born rich and simply grew their hoard. I would be impressed by someone who managed to stay a billionaire even with the state taxing 50% of their wealth on an annual basis.
You should know wage theft (business owners not paying their workers) is the largest form of theft. It's not enough to have a progressive wealth tax, we need a fully funded CFPB, aggressive anti-monopoly enforcement and full union representation to prevent someone with "good business acumen" to use their market dominance unfairly.
I've seen St. Luigi votive candles already. People are on it.