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>Why would I ever want to start a million dollar business if I knew the majority of my earnings would be taken from... >you could even live in the woods on berries...

It's not necessary to go as far as berries - in most of the developed world you can not work and be supported automatically by the government. But it's boring! Most people would much rather be building million dollar businesses even if the pay was much the same. In fact many people working for corporations build multi million dollar businesses where 99% or so of the value goes to the corporation but you don't see them complaining much.



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