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0 pointsjavert5y ago0 comments

We should not want to prevent inequality through government intervention.

We should want to live for our own ends, not for the sake of other people.

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GavinMcG5y ago· 3 in thread

> not for the sake of other people

By that measure there should be no objection to eliminating inheritance altogether.

javertOP5y ago

Loving your children can be one of your chosen "ends."

What is abhorrent is when the government choses your ends, for you.

We should not want that.

We should not want government-forced sacrifice instead of giving an inheritance to a beloved person according to our own choices.

I would argue that people who want to ban inheritance love their "brothers" (random and probably non-deserving strangers) too much, and love their children too little.

Can_Not5y ago

> sacrifice

Recieving an unearned $11.70 million untaxed income for free is the opposite of "our own ends" and "sacrifice". It sounds like you fetishize everyone else having a hard time but want to make a special exception for yourself and your kids.

geofft5y ago

Can hiring only white people be one of my chosen "ends," which the government has no business interfering with? Can serving food to only white people be one of my chosen "ends"?

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