&gt;If a billionaire is taxed 80% on the year he or she earns that billion, they will still be worth $200 million. And they are still free to start businesses and pursue wealth. They are still rich. They have not been “hunted” or “killed.” The crux of your argument — that “Ending economic inequality would mean ending startups” — is both a straw man (no one’s advocating eliminating income inequality completely) and untrue (people can still pursue whatever they want — they just have to pay more taxes on it.)<p>It sounds simple, but as remote work becomes easier it becomes more tempting to do it in another country (a country that won&#x27;t tax that person $800,000,000).<p>Pg addresses this issue in his essay &quot;So if you made it impossible to get rich by creating wealth in your country, the ambitious people in your country would just leave and do it somewhere else.&quot;