Billionaire Facebook founder 'de-friends' United States to keep more of his fortune

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62. So complain about capitalism, not the wealthy.

If every rich person today died in a freak accident, they'd be replaced soon enough. That's how capitalism operates - it's part of the system. I get bothered when people are upset for the rich not "giving back" or something when they aren't being taxed equally already. We can't legislate greed, but we can legislate fair taxes. There are some rich folks with a sense of equity who liked to be taxed more, but they're outweighed by those who would pay less and have the finances to make that happen.

Instead of slagging off the rich, how about we work to have publicly funded elections, instant runoff voting, universal healthcare, etc. All of those things would significantly limit the influence of wealth, and likely, the equitable distribution of wealth. It's fine and dandy to point out the outlandish behaviour of the rich, but it's not going to fix things - they're a product of the same system as those doing the pointing. Now, who's going to fix it?