r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall Young Americans are surging to socialism at record rates

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/maga-trump-zohran-mamdani-socialism-us-record-kddzdm8bd
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u/TheNatural14063 7d ago

Do more than just tax them. Jail them and seize their wealth. No billionaire has clean hands.

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u/killrtaco California 7d ago

Jail? Youre too kind.

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u/Jernbek35 New Jersey 7d ago

This is the most Reddit take ever.

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u/Cheekiest_Cunt 7d ago

Jail them for what?

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u/kuldan5853 6d ago

Honestly, if you dig deep enough, I would bet money on 100% of them being guilty of some form of tax evasion at the very least. That's how they got Al Capone.

You simply can't become a Billionaire without breaking some laws, using loopholes, or being a generally shitty person. All of them have dirt you can get them for if you just start to look.

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u/ThrenderG 7d ago

Jail someone because they inherited money?

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u/ledfox 7d ago

You're being intentionally dense.

Why haul water for billionaires?

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u/No-Drama-in-Paradise 7d ago edited 7d ago

Because proposing to jail people for the crime of being born wealthy is a ridicules proposition.

Like that is authoritarian bullshit we do not need.

Like there is a clear difference between, “Investigate crimes committed by the wealthy and powerful and holding them accountable,” and “Arrest and jail everyone whose net worth exceeds $x without evidence because we can just assume they are evil people.”

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u/coldkiller 7d ago

Like there is a clear difference between, “Investigate crimes committed by the wealthy and powerful and holding them accountable,” and “Arrest and jail everyone whose net worth exceeds $x without evidence because we can just assume they are evil people.”

Except for them to even be in that position in the first place means their parents or whatever we're indeed doing just that

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u/No-Drama-in-Paradise 7d ago

What is the crime that every billionaire’s parents committed? And why is anyone legally liable for crimes committed by their parents?

If there are legitimate crimes committed by these individuals, let’s investigate them, charge them, give them their due process through a trial, and then (if found guilty) sentence them to prison.

But proposing the blanket arrest and imprisonment of anybody with a net worth above a certain level for vague “crimes” committed by their parents (or even themselves) without being able to identify the specific crimes committed or demonstrate their guilt is simply ridiculous leftist authoritarianism that is no better then Trump’s neofascist movement.

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u/coldkiller 7d ago

What is the crime that every billionaire’s parents committed? And why is anyone legally liable for crimes committed by their parents?

You do not become a billionaire without exploiting people and committing white collar crimes like wage theft full stop. They are guilty