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> So if we should not assess the economic system based on whether people keep their money, i.e. pay tax

Not just pay tax. People lose money over generations for all sorts of reasons.

I brought up tax in the context of "redistribution", as there's a growing worldview that says tax is not as a thing to pay for central services, but more just to take money from people who have more of it than they do.



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