That chart - on its own - should be the definitive case for why wealth needs to be inside the tax net. If income has been static for decades *while the economy has grown* then growth is being turned into wealth/capital/finance, & the only way for government to access that is through wealth taxes.

I usually phrase this as "doings" and "beings" rather than "economy" and "culture". What people do, who people are. That way it's fairly clear that you cannot treat the two subjects as separate from each other. And there's no way to reconcile liberty of doing while constraining liberty of being.

My one and only experience of a purely judge-led trial in the UK was that the judges spent the entire hearings watching the clock at the back of the room, looking bored, and making it quite clear they had no interest in understanding any of the evidence provided by the defence.

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy is an interesting example of adapting the story, & storytelling, to the medium. Each of the radio show, books and movie are entirely different from each other while - more or less - keeping the same core.

... Again, it depends on what you think a wealth tax is *for*. bsky.app/profile/gavi...

And your point? It's difficult, so rich people shouldn't pay tax?

Depends what you think a wealth tax is for. A 1% tax raising 1% of state revenue is clearly a useful tool. But Piketty's view is also that it ensures social equity by reducing the spoils accruing to generational wealth, as well as the distortionary social & political power exercised by the rich.

Oh, he'd have loved Apartheid South Africa. "Hitler was right," was how every school bully I ever met used to introduce themselves. I was always amazed how they all got their opinions in the same place.

They're taking guidance from Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. The appropriate "legal route" is hidden at the bottom of the deepest cellar beneath Parliament behind three kilometres of razor wire & a sign that says "Beware of the bear!"