| Kasz216 said: Except Progressive Taxation actually does the exact opposite. The basis of any Utopion society is an enlightened people. Progressive Taxation retards the sense of good will being the responsibility of the person and places the burden on the state. As such, people would never get to the state where they beleive that the rich should give more for the common good. Instead the view that the government should take more from the rich for the common good prevails. A very different and very important distinction. For an egalitarian utopia to work... the rich need to give more, not have more taken from them since the ultimate goal would be to mimimize government because everyone would belive this. The rise of authortarain socialism was in response to the belief that the rich would never become enlightened. Which seems to be a view you hold, yet claim to not be an authortarian liberal. Marx however would of never forseen capitalism, upward mobility and just how generous people have gotten since. People are on the right steps towards it... but progressive taxation and your attempts to force your ideals through govenrment and forcing on a minority of the majority rather then true ideal and change through enlightenment. In reality you would be more likely to create a dystopia. The belief that people can grow into what would be needed to form a true utopia needs to allow for people to grow into those people. Trying to force the matter can't work. |
oh i think you misunderstand, im thinking of a Utopia were money doesent exist (as we have technology that provides everything we need) im not an authoritarian either btw (as ive said like a million times, but you never listen)
