The idea that monopoly capitalism is a pure state of nature and that accruing endless wealth is a civil right is the mental sickness of our age. Just the timidity with which you framed the question reveals our pathology: even suggesting there might be reasonable limits to how many of our common resources one person can commandeer is whispered like an outrageous blasphemy. If the state has a reasonable interest in determining who can marry, who can drink alcohol and who can serve on a jury, the state can also claim a reasonable interest in determining that, past a certain point, wealth is taxed at the rate of 100%.

— John Roderick

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