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Sure, and rape helps the therapy industry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window



Bastiat was opposed to inheritance taxes. He wrote about this in Economic Harmonies. I think he'd call the connection you're trying to make a stretch


Yes, the famous bourgeois economist Bastiat is certainly a reference in how to provide economic justice on this planet. /s

To be clear, i'm not exactly defending inheritance tax if resources are shared another way. For instance, it would make sense to let people keep a − modest − home across generations. But i'm tired of rich capitalist tech bros saying income taxes are unfair because they've worked so hard, and inheritance taxes are unfair because they've already been taxed.


The person I replied to was referencing Bastiat's parable of the broken window.


I think there a a long way to go between inheriting money and rape.




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