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clumsy_cat ( clumsy_cat@beehaw.org )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago

Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth

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clumsy_cat ( clumsy_cat@beehaw.org )  to World NewsEnglish · 2 years ago
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Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth – DW – 02/08/2025
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The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax plan — though it will most likely never get a chance to implement it.
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    That’s how you know they’ll never get elected

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      Lobbyism is a cancer on democracy i swear

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        There is no democracy, my young man

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          Ancient Athens is often considered the birthplace of democracy, and it’s where we get the word from in English. In Ancient Athens, and if my memory serves correct, only those who owned land were allowed to vote, and only male citizens were allowed to own land. The definition of “democracy” is quite more elastic than people tend to think.

          Don’t really know where I’m going with this, I think I’m just being a pedant.

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          Thats a biiit surface level but i get the sentiment

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