JurisDictum |
01-06-2019 07:47 PM |
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Originally Posted by Ahldagor
(Post 2836934)
In regards to inheritance, shouldn't an indiviual be able to determine what haopens with the money upon their death since they earned it in the first place?
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Sure.
But what if all the money came from robbing banks? Seems fucked up that we actually find all this money stolen from banks, and then have to leave it alone because the motherfuckers the stole it died and left to their kids.
This is situation we are currently in. We know the vast majority of old wealth is ill-gotten. But we got to pretend some stupid rich kids are somehow entitled to it....
Plato knew there could never be meritocracy with everyone stashing money and pulling strings for their kids -- trying to establish dynasties etc....
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And one of those good intentions is trying to give your kids a leg up. When everyone does this for long enough...meritocracy erodes and despotism because accepted fact -- the way things always were..
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