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Mary Shelley invoked in debate over taxing billionaires
Original: Mary Shelley had this problem worked out in 1818. # Zer0Billionaires # TaxTheRich # socialsciences # USPolitics # politi
Commentators in US politics discussions are invoking Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein to argue that the problems posed by vast private wealth were anticipated two centuries ago. The reference, shared under tax-the-rich messaging, frames billionaires as a modern creation that has turned on its makers, echoing debates in Congress and among voters over wealth taxation.
Why now: Wealth inequality and calls to tax billionaires are again prominent in US political debate, and the literary comparison is a striking way to make that argument.
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- Mary Shelley had this problem worked out in 1818. # Zer0Billionaires # TaxTheRich # socialsciences # USPolitics # politics · zer0billionaires · 11
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