That wealth has been plundered from around the world. But sure, let's have Americans keep it all...
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you may have confused this for an actual plan. it's just a math equation showing how uneven the wealth distribution is. there's no "letting them keep it all", they already are going to keep it all. it's just that most of it is kept by a handful of the most despicable people in the world.
While it wouldn't last, it would at least help some people. Unfortunately even in controlled experiments money tends to funnel upwards.
If you take all the wealth in an area and split it evenly among that populace there is no "upwards" - everyone is equal in terms of wealth. Money funnels "upward" because of wealth disparity, if someone owns more wealth than the average person than on average some of the average person's money goes to that wealthier person in the form of rent or interest on debt or profits from the factory or what have you.
If all wealth was distributed this way it would look like everyone owning their own home and a portion of their place of work and their car, etc etc. I'm not saying money wouldn't pool again over time, or that a new upwards wouldn't be established, but I don't think you phrased it fairly. The way you said it felt to me like an assumed hierarchy of better people and worse people - when in reality it's just wealthy people and not wealthy people.
I feel like equitability needs to factor in, somewhere.
When water pools, you break up the blockage and then it can flow again
what if it pools in the sea?
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