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deltapi@lemmy.world 1 week agoThe American dream was made impossible with the introduction of income tax, although the granting ‘personhood’ to corporations was a contributing factor too.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re being voted down because that is the dumbest thing you could possibly say… Are taxes theft? Not if the government actually does things that benefit many.
Also, you have a gross lack of understanding of history. The American Dream was ALWAYS a lie. Who was allowed to vote at the founding of this country? ONLY land owners. Slavery existed openly. The American Dream was and is only a marketing campaign to sucker in uninformed fools.
deltapi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
George C. Boldt went from rags to millionaire when millionaire meant something. He was able to outright buy a competing hotel to the one he already owned less than 20 years after coming to America as a dish washer. This was in the late 1800s, before income tax and massive corporations.
In fact, it’s believed by many that Boldt’s story inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby.
Andrew Carnegie is another notable immigrant who went from near-naught to millionaire.
Or if we’re allowed to include Americans, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford
As corporations grew and income tax was introduced, it became nearly impossible for someone working a menial job to put enough money away to ‘rise up’ and join the ranks of the elite. The most recent examples people cite, like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. came from wealth already.
Now, do you want to continue this discussion? If so, I kindly ask you stick to actual facts, and stop trying to insult me and/or inferring I wrote things that I didn’t.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, you’re so right! Everyone would be their own boss with just 10%-20% more income, you are so wise!