Why there is even a need to redistribute income and wealth?!

>>1775155

Because most left-wing movements are built on a bedrock of resentment and petty jealousy of their betters.

Basically people that were never able to get over high school.

>>1775155
Because some people got their money by being dicks or because they were born into money. A 99% inheritance tax would solve 99% these people's problems with capitalism.

>>1775176
Can't you just give up your son your money and property under some excuse to avoid that ~99% tax? Before you die, I mean.

>>1775176
You do realize even if you are middle class you still are born with wealth right?

>>1775165
fpbp

>>1775176
Willing your children your estate is just another transaction. In the end the only contention is that people will their estates to specific people causing other people's envy. Hence >>1775165

>Everybody got as much money, as thye deserved by their hard work or the lack of it.

lol how?

Because if they don't keep the heat on the rich your country ends up looking like Brazil or Russia.

>>1775370
Russia is second most influential power in the world and Brazilia would be the first in 50 years.

>>1775407
Every major city in Brazil is basically a nice-ish downtown area surrounded by a sea of favellas.

Russia is a kleptocratic mafia state controlled by 9 super oligarchs where the average person makes $300 euros a month.

Because excessive wealth accumulation corrupts any political system or society over a long enough period of time.

This doesn't mean you need to go full commie GAS THE RICH, CLASS WAR NOW, but then again Latin American nations aren't exactly envied the world over

>>1775155
Problem is most wealth isn't due to hard work.

Most wealthy people inherit their wealth, or at least enough startup to make more money.

If you're an Indian miner born to a family of Indian miners, you have essentially no means of advancing socially.