Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality

Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality

More than 250 billionaires and millionaires are demanding that the political elite meeting for the World Economic Forum in Davos introduce wealth taxes to help pay for better public services around the world.

“Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society,” the wealthy people said in an open letter to world leaders. “This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations’ economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.”

The rich signatories from 17 countries include Disney heir Abigail Disney; Brian Cox who played fictional billionaire Logan Roy in Succession; actor and screenwriter Simon Pegg; and Valerie Rockefeller , an heir to the US dynasty.

  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    What results did the DNC ignore? I’m a big Bernie fan, and I voted for him in the primary, but he lost.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      That’s not what I said.

      To phrase it another way:

      The DNC said it’s not a problem to put their finger on the scales, because if it came down to it, the primary isnt binding.

      The party can just say “nah, we’re running someone else” and the judge agreed that would be 100% legal because political parties are private institutions and can nominate anyone they want to.

      They haven’t explicitly done that. Yet.

      But it should be concerning and no one has been calling to change it.