Quote Originally Posted by Flap View Post
This is mostly untrue. There were numerous other nations that abolished slavery before the USA. Starting in the 1300's. People knew it was wrong, there's no excuse.
What?

List out all the countries when they actually abolished slavery and the year.

I'm not going to use the R word here. I'm just going to point out that you didn't suggest any solution. I disagree that any "culture" has a victimhood mentality. Even if they did, what are you going to do to change their culture without spending a lot of tax money on it?

I don't want to rob anyone, but I DO think that people like Bezos should pay their fair share of taxes. I also think it's disingenuous of you to keep saying this or that isn't going to create a utopia. The lack of the existence of a perfect society is not an excuse to not try to improve our own. I'm just talking about trying harder to reduce things that shouldn't exist in a first world nation: starvation, homelessness, lack of medical care.
Question: How much did Jeff Bezos pay in taxes in 2020?

Answer: The exact amount he was required to pay via the tax laws of every country.

If you believe he didn't pay enough in taxes, then have Congress change the 60,000+ bloated US tax code.

I think it's more accurate to say that healthcare being tied to employment is what RULES people. There's a reason the term "wage slave" exists.
Healthcare being tied to employment is not where "wage slave" came from.