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csallenlast Monday at 10:21 AM1 replyview on HN

Do you seriously believe the by limiting people's wealth, we'll solve problems like this? Humans used to have thousands of times less wealth than we do now, yet people still had power and influence, harems and slaves, cults and gangs.


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UncleMeatlast Monday at 10:58 AM

Solve? Likely not. Improve? Of course. Policies that improve the state of problems even if they remain unsolved are good.

More than one million people die of TB annually. We have a cure for it. Elon Musk could pay for testing and treatment distribution for the entire world without noticing a change in his wealth.

A million people a year.

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