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minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoProve that wealth doesn’t just poof out of existence when the owner dies?
minus-squareKⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·4 days agoprove that another billionaire would take their place. this is a serious hypothesis that we can test, but the conclusion is not foregone.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoSomeone inherits their wealth. You realize this, right?
minus-squareKⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·3 days agoplease run the experiment with a sufficient sample size and let me know the results.
minus-squareKⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agook well if you don’t have any evidence I’m going to dismiss your conclusion.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI’m not providing anything because the fact that inheritances exist isn’t something that requires a peer reviewed study. But you know this since you’re being intentionally obtuse.
minus-squareKⒶMⒶLⒶ WⒶLZ 2Ⓐ24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoyour assertion isn’t that inheritances exist, but that removing billionaires will result in more billionaires continuing the destruction of the planet. there is no evidence for this, since billionaire removal has not been tested.
prove it
Prove that wealth doesn’t just poof out of existence when the owner dies?
prove that another billionaire would take their place. this is a serious hypothesis that we can test, but the conclusion is not foregone.
Someone inherits their wealth. You realize this, right?
please run the experiment with a sufficient sample size and let me know the results.
No.
ok well if you don’t have any evidence I’m going to dismiss your conclusion.
I’m not providing anything because the fact that inheritances exist isn’t something that requires a peer reviewed study.
But you know this since you’re being intentionally obtuse.
your assertion isn’t that inheritances exist, but that removing billionaires will result in more billionaires continuing the destruction of the planet. there is no evidence for this, since billionaire removal has not been tested.