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18. Isn't redistributing wealth and creating more laws authoritarian?

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 03:45 PM

Jun 2016

The only way to create more income equality is through authoritarian actions.

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Yep...because these developments are as good as an endorsement for Lodestar Jun 2016 #5

Isn't redistributing wealth and creating more laws authoritarian? Mosby Jun 2016 #18

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Doubleplusgood newspeak. Ghost Dog Jun 2016 #26

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