This seems… evil or at the very least zero-sum thinking to me.
Would you want to stop the successful from paying for their children’s education? Spending their time on raising their children? Do you want to take all children away from their parents to make sure they aren’t put on different footing? Perhaps genetically enforce equality?
I would much rather governments try to preserve hereditary positive dynamics, while getting involved with negative ones.
We’ll have won once all trees are positive and successful, and bad apples do not create generations of bad trees
There is something fundamentally compelling about the idea that every generation should start fresh, free from the accumulated advantages or disadvantages of their ancestors.
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The death tax does not punish success—it prevents success from becoming hereditary. It ensures that the cycle of opportunity begins anew with each generation.
This seems… evil or at the very least zero-sum thinking to me.
Would you want to stop the successful from paying for their children’s education? Spending their time on raising their children? Do you want to take all children away from their parents to make sure they aren’t put on different footing? Perhaps genetically enforce equality?
I would much rather governments try to preserve hereditary positive dynamics, while getting involved with negative ones.
We’ll have won once all trees are positive and successful, and bad apples do not create generations of bad trees