There is no place even in a bourgeois order, for an archaic idea of inheritance. Even capitalism (in its self-prescribed version) argues for the merit and innovation of an individual. There is no place in it for wealth passed on through lineage. Wealth and inheritance tax on the top 1% can ensure universal economic and social rights.
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