Devide

verb

Obsolete form of divide.

  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    The reason countries abandon wealth taxation is because the ruling class, the bourgeoisie, doesn’t like it, and the justification is that it hurts the working class, the proletariat, even if that isn’t true.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      No, they abandon it because the total tax revenue after implementation literally goes down instead of up, lol.

      Just because 100 people will buy your product X at $10 and you make $1000, doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to make $2000 if you sell X for $20 instead. That’s basically the same principle–raising taxes doesn’t necessarily lead to an increase in revenue. People react to changes in policy.

      This is not speculation, it literally already happened. Stop speaking about this from your assumed expectations and learn the actual history.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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        12 hours ago

        I’m aware of how the economy works, we all took econ 101 and many of us went beyond that. You need to stop feigning superiority and assuming a lack of education on anyone pushing back against what you’re saying.