<![CDATA[I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left".]]>I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/550406c4-fad7-4c30-97b6-4923294f25a4/i-just-love-the-whole-idea-that-making-billionaires-pay-taxes-is-the-radical-far-left-.RSS for NodeThu, 03 Sep 2026 08:11:47 GMTWed, 19 Aug 2026 05:25:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:44:15 GMT]]>@GeePawHill Any time I hear someone use the term "radical left", I just know they're gonna make some outlandish claims.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919303425884707/statuses/117120817909565968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116919303425884707/statuses/117120817909565968Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:44:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:32:42 GMT]]>@GeePawHill @enbypirate I think the biggest problem with America is that a lot of people believe they can be; they eat up the rags to riches Elon Musk story and think, if they come for him they can come for me as well

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/mark/statuses/117120772491183379https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tacobelllabs.net/users/mark/statuses/117120772491183379Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:25:29 GMT]]>@GeePawHill to be fair progressive taxation is one of the points in The communist manifesto, which says a lot of how radical Marx was

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/RosaCtrl/statuses/117120744139939860https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/RosaCtrl/statuses/117120744139939860Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:25:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:19:06 GMT]]>@RevRhizicNatterjacks I think the story is more complicated than that, myself.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120719027700096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120719027700096Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:19:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:18:14 GMT]]>@enbypirate @GeePawHill mmmm, billionaire bacon!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115710893664001280/statuses/117120715602963606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115710893664001280/statuses/117120715602963606Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:18:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:17:16 GMT]]>@GeePawHill the country was founded by a bunch of rich slaveowners that didn't want to pay their taxes, so it's quite patriotic, I guess.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discordian.social/users/RevRhizicNatterjacks/statuses/117120711824995357https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discordian.social/users/RevRhizicNatterjacks/statuses/117120711824995357Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:17:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:01:38 GMT]]>@GeePawHill billionaires should be all about paying taxes, being exemplary citizens, and big fans of noblesse oblige, because it beats the heck out of being torn apart by an angry mob.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/billclawson/statuses/117120650347933162https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/billclawson/statuses/117120650347933162Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:01:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:37:52 GMT]]>@enbypirate A decade or so ago, the internet character called NotAWolf said, "You'll never be a billionaire. But it's not too late to find out what one tastes like."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120556884751445https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120556884751445Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:37:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:35:47 GMT]]>@GeePawHill meanwhile the actual far left is thinking about recipes for the time when we eat the rich

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115874648102388045/statuses/117120548728408361https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115874648102388045/statuses/117120548728408361Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:35:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:33:05 GMT]]>Sweetpea, the radical far left position does not involve taxes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120538115392287https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120538115392287Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:33:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:31:08 GMT]]>@GeePawHill
But if you tax the billionaires no-one will want to be rich, so everyone will just quit their jobs!?!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/Gurre/statuses/117120530392509093https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/Gurre/statuses/117120530392509093Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:31:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:27:33 GMT]]>MAKING THEM PAY TAXES.

*Rampant* communism.

I think to myself of the great communists of all time, like, mmmmm, Eisenhower.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120516350409572https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/117120516350409572Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:27:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just love the whole idea that making billionaires pay taxes is the "radical far left". on Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:27:30 GMT]]>@GeePawHill yep.
OH: *Taxing* binaries out of existence is the moderate action to take...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/punissuer/statuses/117120516118286919https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/punissuer/statuses/117120516118286919Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:27:30 GMT