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pop quiz: why do we tolerate inhereitance? why not distribute the wealth?
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Date: September 11th, 2026 6:42 PM Author: Jared Baumeister when Musk dies, the government collects his wealth and issues a check to every American for their share. What's wrong with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130641) |
Date: September 11th, 2026 6:59 PM Author: hank_scorpio governments are run by wealthy people, why would they want that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130676) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:00 PM Author: Jared Baumeister why hasn't any society done this in pre-modern times? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130679) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: hank_scorpio when byzantine emperors would die they would often declare a debt holiday and wipe out everyone's debt, but that was more for the new guy to get some cred (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131129) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:53 PM Author: Jared Baumeister That's not even remotely on point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131607) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:06 PM Author: The Penis I know, the concept of property ownership and how far it should extend can be quite hard for low iqs to understand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130693) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:07 PM Author: israelrimsmyasshole and why doesnt Ted Cruz just do the right thing and admonish jews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130701) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:08 PM Author: Jared Baumeister No one has an argument against distributing dead people's wealth equally among the population?
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:16 PM Author: The Penis So you think that someone who dies suddenly should be penalized in terms of property ownership rights vs. someone who knows they are going to die and can just give it all away to whoever they want? Also what about wills? Those are created before someone dies. Why should those pre-death instructions cease to take effect because someone says "property rights end at death"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130728) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:17 PM Author: Jared Baumeister they're dead, so they can't do shit with the money anymore (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130729) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:21 PM Author: The Penis non-responsive. regarding the will point, you would have to also say that no exercise of property rights may create effects after the owner's death, which is exactly the controversial claim you need to defend. and you are leaving the sudden death objection untouched. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130739) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:16 PM Author: Jared Baumeister it's the entire argument. It doesn't get more responsive than that. You haven't addressed the fact that dead people can't take their money with them into the afterlife. Furthermore death is permanent and final. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130975) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:44 PM Author: The Penis You’re just assuming that no exercise of property rights may have effects after death, which is the very claim you need to defend. And you still haven’t answered why someone who knows they’re dying gets to give everything away, while someone who dies suddenly loses that power. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131021) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:45 PM Author: Jared Baumeister no, I'm not assuming it. I've fully considered the incentive structures my rule would create. Test me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131025) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:47 PM Author: The Penis That doesn’t answer the argument. Saying you’ve considered the incentives tells me you’ve thought about the consequences of your rule. It doesn’t explain why a living owner lacks the right to make a disposition that takes effect at death. What principle makes a will invalid while an otherwise identical gift made five minutes before death remains valid? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131032) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:54 PM Author: Jared Baumeister you didn't test me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131040) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:59 PM Author: The Penis Test: Jared has $10 million. At 11:59 PM he validly gives it to his daughter; at 12:01 AM he dies. Emilio also has $10 million but dies unexpectedly at 12:01 AM before making the same transfer. Why should Jared have the power to choose the recipient of his property while Emilio does not? And what principle makes a will executed while alive invalid merely because its transfer condition is death? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131049) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 10:36 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Neither can choose anything. The state will harvest their wealth after they die. Both will get the same treatment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131131) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:23 AM Author: The Penis Your answer just ignores the hypothetical. Jared gave the money away before he died, so there is nothing for the state to harvest from him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131322) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 7:01 AM Author: jon bernthal NSAM got manhandled here He actually died mid subthread, his argument got harvested by the government and reapproriated into incoherent parts to nigs irl without XO accounts |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 7:39 AM Author: Jared Baumeister So what? You can do whatever you want while you're still alive. If you're complaining that my proposal discriminates against dead people, it does! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131359) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:11 PM Author: \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Lmao at poormos like OP, sorry your parents were weakass losers and their offspring is even worse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130712) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 2:15 AM Author: The Soo CR SUMMER JUGGERNAUT OP is a retarded chink actual CCP chink shizo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131305) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:13 PM Author: Covid was a Hoax redistribute it to whom? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130718) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:14 PM Author: Jared Baumeister US citizens. Every year, the govt collects all the wealth from everyone who died that year, and it sends every US citizen an equal percentage of that amount in cash. Musk would get no special treatment: his wealth would go in the bucket with all the others. Buffet and Gates and Zuck go in the same bucket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130722) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:15 PM Author: \'\'\"\"\'\'\'\" US citizens including spics and niggers who came illegally? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130724) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:16 PM Author: Jared Baumeister whichever you prefer. What's the problem with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130727) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:22 PM Author: \'\'\"\"\'\'\'\" i am for it, maybe cap it at like $50M or something. like still a lot but no need to pass on centibillions FFS. fuck the kulak class (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130741) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:55 PM Author: Jared Baumeister how about a cap of $5? What's wrong with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131042) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 7:19 PM Author: Jared Baumeister anyone? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130732) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:12 PM Author: The Penis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130970) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:13 PM Author: The Penis (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130972) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:22 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Pop quiz: what if we held a referendum in America today? Would >50% of Americans support my proposal to redistribute Elon's money? Or would they overwhelmingly vote to preserve the status quo? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50130981) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 9:41 PM Author: epstein island niggers To criticize OP would help him, no? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131013) |
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Date: September 11th, 2026 11:48 PM Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth) why would you want to remove incentive for an entrepreneur to create wealth for society? and what harm do you think dynastic wealth creates? in the vast majority of situations the family fritters it away in 2-3 generations anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131224) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 7:49 AM Author: Jared Baumeister Question assumes facts not in evidence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131364) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 4:17 PM Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth) ? Chesterton's fence. The burden's on you to prove why your crazy idea wouldn't end civilization as we know it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132164) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 4:18 PM Author: Jared Baumeister I have no trouble proving it would end civilization. It's you who can't (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132167) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:01 AM Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.) Is your position that people should be unable to give away their wealth (to their children, etc.) while they're alive? If so, that's a harder argument to counter. I'm not saying it's right; just that it's an argument for socialism and that's more complicated than can be hashed out in an xo thread started by a clearly retarded OP.
If your position is "no, transfers during life should be allowed; only bequests should be taxed away entirely or near-entirely by the state", then I might support it just for the hilariousness of the unfairness and immediate and obvious regressiveness that would result. The super-rich would immediately spread their wealth out among individuals who would still be contractually obligated to give it back to them for whatever purpose and whenever it was needed, just to have title formally away from any one potential decedent -- since the core incentive this hilarious rule creates is a hot-potato "don't have a person hold title to a given piece of property/wealth when they die unless you're okay parting with that particular property/wealth" rule -- while less financially sophisticated working-class, middle-class, and uneducated UMC types would get fucked up their tight little wagie assholes.
In a way, though, there's justice to it. Wagies get butt-fucked by the tax system already, paying FICA on top of 37% income tax, while the truly rich pay AT MOST a 15-20% cap gains tax. And in this world, natural justice means that the strong prey on the weak, and wagies' CUCKOLD behavior in allowing the political system to walk all over them for decades now means that they deserve to get tortured even more than they already are. They should also be forced to get down on their knees and thank their Job Creator masters for the opportunity to keep what little they're allowed to retain, and take videos of themselves saying "Thank you Mr. TRUMP for all you do" as a Buy-Borrow-Die'r (UHNW individuals could start firms renting themselves out for this service) ejaculates all over their face. |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 7:53 AM Author: Jared Baumeister You can do whatever you want until you die. After you die the state takes all your wealth and redistributes it equally among the living. What's wrong with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131365) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 2:12 PM Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.) Do it. Allow the hilarity to ensue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131928) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: Book1.xlsx (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131605) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 11:20 AM Author: Jared Baumeister Did anyone ever figure out why inheritance is the law of the land? Why do we do this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131456) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:47 PM Author: ......,,,,,,........, So like if I die owning a closely held business entity it just gets redistributed to the public? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131588) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: Jared Baumeister You knew the law. Shoulda had co-owners. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131589) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:49 PM Author: ......,,,,,,........, I did! Does the public now own 50% of DumbHypos, LLC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131591) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:50 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Yes. Cope (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131597) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:51 PM Author: ......,,,,,,........, Sounds like a great system (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131599) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 12:52 PM Author: Jared Baumeister What's the point of giving it to your kids? Maybe they'll just liquidate their stake (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131603) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 2:17 PM Author: Black holdout juror Why wait until death? Why not redistribute the wealth on a nightly basis? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131949) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: Kenneth Play (emotional girth) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50131976) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Capitalism.
You can answer my quiz now |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:57 PM Author: Black holdout juror My question was your answer. If it's worth doing at death, then it's worth doing on a nightly (or hourly, or every minute basis). If it's not, it's not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132110) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: Jared Baumeister https://i.imgur.com/yfnNYZx.jpeg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132034) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:08 PM Author: Richard Ames Notwithstanding every other argument, the actual checks paid to everyone wouldn't even substantial. And given how illiquid most outsized wealth is, it would likely be far less than calculations suggest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132037) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:09 PM Author: Jared Baumeister so are you ok with this being put to a popular vote? surely the American people are on your side (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132040) |
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Date: September 12th, 2026 3:15 PM Author: Richard Ames Cons? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5902862&forum_id=2phpsessid=49d358651c#50132049) |