RT Konstantin Kisin: This is because the anti-capitalist left is not actually against people being crazy rich. They're against certain types of people...
The post argues that the anti-capitalist left opposes extreme wealth for business leaders because they don't understand entrepreneurship and value creation, but accepts it for artists and athletes whose success they attribute to luck or talent. It contrasts tolerance for wealthy entertainers with criticism faced by business executives.
Background
- Naval Ravikant is an Indian-American entrepreneur and angel investor (co-founder of AngelList) widely followed for his tweets on startups, wealth, and philosophy. Konstantin Kisin is a British-Russian satirist and commentator associated with anti-"woke" and free-speech advocacy. Rob Henderson is a writer known for the concept of "luxury beliefs."
- This Twitter thread argues that left-wing critics of income inequality are inconsistent: they accept massive wealth for athletes and entertainers (whom they perceive as talented, diverse, or lucky) but resent it in business leaders (whom they perceive as privileged, white, male, or exploitative).
- The core claim is that the anti-capitalist left lacks personal experience with entrepreneurship and therefore misunderstands business wealth as zero-sum or predatory, while intuitively grasping why a star footballer or pop star earns what they do.
- The piece reflects a broader culture-war debate about meritocracy, class, and which forms of success society deems legitimate — a common flashpoint in US/UK political discourse since the 2010s.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene reposted a thread from "Israel Exposed" featuring a website with thousands of videos and photos from Gaza, and criticized the US for funding what she called a horrific situation.
A tweet claims that 9 out of 12 industrialized countries that implemented a wealth tax have since repealed it, including France, citing that billionaires relocate to avoid the tax, leaving a hollowed tax base. The post argues this has already partly occurred in California and warns that a proposed California wealth tax would be catastrophic.
In 1913, the US national income tax began as a 1% rate that affected less than 1% of Americans. A century later, roughly 70% of Americans pay income tax, with top rates reaching 37%. The post draws a contrast as politicians propose a new wealth tax.
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