The problem is with humanity giving up control to machines.

I mean, humanity (especially in the West) has already given up large amounts of power to corporate CEOs, which can be modelled as soulless machines well enough, but installing AI would take it even one step further.

“personhood” by the law only refers to the ability to sign contracts.

companies and states already have that.

what you’re talking about is a “natural person”.

I’ll have you informed that Switzerland already has a wealth tax (0.5% annually) and they manage to assess total wealth somehow.

Link:

https://karpeo.ch/en/wealth-tax-switzerland-rate-canton/

It even specifically talks about the case of paintings.

it’s worth a try, and better than doing nothing.

Die Klimakrise war deshalb bis vor kurzem so beängstigend, weil kein Ende der Erwärmung abzusehen war, d.h. man konnte keine Obergrenze ausmachen, bis wohin die Temperatur steigen würde. Also musste man vom Schlimmsten ausgehen, und das war sehr schlimm.

Aufgrund erneuerbarer Energien ist heute abzusehen, dass der Fossile Rohstoffverbrauch bis 2035 um ca. 90% zurückgehen wird. (!) Dementsprechend verlangsamt sich der Klimawandel auf eine Rate, die nicht mehr so ernst genommen wird. Und das geschieht nicht aufgrund von politischem Aktivismus, sondern weil Wind- und Solarenergie heute einfach billiger sind als fossile Rohstoffe, d.h. allein durch die Mechanismen des Marktes.

i believe that hell essentially codifies not the principle of torment, but actually stagnation, which, to many people, is a form of torment.

i’m not believing that since i remember reading that the concept of heaven/hell is essentially the idea of dualism that is older than judaism itself, even, at least dating back to zoroastrianism, which existed in the middle east already at the time that judaism was formed.

10 million total wealth

sounds reasonable IMO

but why not?

want to do business and earn money in this country? guess what, you gotta pay taxes here.

is roughly the same

the first results in 0.5, the second one in ~0.6.

but you’re right, from an analysis point of view.

wages can go lower, but what will the people eat?

the people would need subsidies by the rich, which hurts the economy!

ok so this is inconsistent

i read two fucking weeks ago that economists around the world are waking up to the idea that people should have fewer children because otherwise the rich and corporations might have to pay taxes to provide income to the people that the wages don’t. if there’s fewer people, they don’t need to pay people subsidies so much. trump should talk to his economists.

edit: context: wages are predicted to drop so low over the next 20 years that people will not be able to feed themselves on wages alone. social unrest is painful and to avoid it, some sort of Universal Basic Income will be unavoidable. That would have to be paid for by taxes that the rich would have to pay, since literally nobody else has any money. You see where this is going: the rich don’t like their wealth to be taxed.

Elmo give 2.5% of his wealth?

You seem to be misreading.

Give 2.5% of their wealth, each year, not just give 2.5% of their income. There’s a huge difference.

Wealth gets taxed every year, unlike income which gets taxed only once. So in 20 years, the wealth tax is roughly 20*2.5% which is 50%. And in 30 years it’s closer to 75%.

redistributing all excess wealth perpetually.

what would keep it from re-flowing into the hands of a few?

If you’re really serious that people should buy more European, then essentially tariffs are the economical way to do it. People can still buy stuff from around the world, but they pay some extra if they want to buy from outside EU.

billionaires have a lifetime of 80+ years. At this rate, you’re not gonna tax Zuckerberg or Bezos in their, or your, lifetime.

FYI both Islam and Switzerland have a wealth tax.

Islam prescribes people must pay 2.5% of their wealth (above a certain exempt amount) as annual tax to the poor and needy. Wikipedia

Switzerland has a 0.5% wealth tax in most cantons, although the details vary. Link

You may use that knowledge to show that wealth tax does exist in some places already, and the idea isn’t unheard of.

I didn’t find my penis in the trash bin.

but have you looked behind the couch?

is it? i honestly have no idea?

what are the implications on quality of life of various STDs? how “bad” is it to catch herpes? is it even worth avoiding it? (as i read somewhere that most people catch it eventually anyways.)