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[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

This misses one of the main instruments used.

Loans. The interest cancels out their realized gains, but unrealised gains always dwarf that. Unrealised gains aren't taxable income.

https://themoneyknowhow.com/how-do-the-rich-live-off-of-loans/

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 17 hours ago

On one hand it's super informative, on the other, it's super informative. Most people will see the walls of text and have their eyes glaze over. It's good, but you almost want a second one that is punchy and to the point with a similar style.

[–] postman@literature.cafe 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

"The system wasn't just discovered – it was built."

Pure Chatgpt waffle! Make everything more human sounding.

[–] Steve 1 points 11 hours ago

That's a common phrase I've heard about lots of thing, for most of my life.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Don't worry, in a generation it's gonna sound more natural

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 14 hours ago

You mean in a year.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Just from a graphic design perspective, it's way too busy. Too many slogans; pick one or at most two messages (e.g. one at top as into and one at bottom as outro). The text is way too small to read on mobile. When everything is highlighted text, nothing is highlighted text. The art style for the icons is not consistent. The rightmost column has to go; either put the info at the bottom of the image or delete.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

This is useful. Thank you.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you want to reach out, don't use "guy sitting typing on a computer" to illustrate "hard work." Sure it actually is, but that guy knows this stuff. Try 🧑‍🌾👷🧑‍🔧🛠️🪚

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

THANK YOU. All caps. Most Sincerely. That’s a great suggestion. Like a knock on the forehead move.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 16 points 16 hours ago

Don’t use AI to get your point across.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

The best way to break this system is to automate it and make it so easy to do that everyone can do it. Once the poors can do it, they will make it illegal.

[–] Carl@anarchist.nexus 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This would be better as a series of posters. It’s too busy for one poster, and people won’t actually read anything. Create a punchy logo to put on all of the posters. This will help create consistency and grab attention. But then move the right column to a separate poster, and reduce the word count in general.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago
[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 7 points 15 hours ago

This is like 1 poster that should be 7 different posters.

[–] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Just come to Singapore - Capital Gains Tax doesn't exist here

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Simultaneously too complicated and lacking context. Split it into multiple infographics.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I was thinking about the Panama Papers and wondering: the hell did that change nothing!

[–] Reyali@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The “you” vs “them” column makes me think of the adage “if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”

The “them” side feels specific to be consumable by someone who knows nothing, while not having enough content to teach someone who does understand the basics.

If you can simplify those columns even more, I think they could still be useful. The point is that rich people pay for people and systems that are able to make their money untraceable, but “you” can’t do that. So you pay taxes, they don’t. I like the column-based visual for this concept, I just don’t think the content is ‘there’ yet.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Still a work in progress. Thanks for the feedback.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] dvoraqs@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Slop is material thrown together without care. Clearly we don't see that here when the content looks pretty good already to me and the creator is asking for feedback to make it better.

[–] cally@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, it has most of the signs of AI generated posters.

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

"If nobody is doing anything wrong, then why try to hide it?"

Horrendous reasoning even if used for something I agree with. Not sure we should be propagating this line of thought.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I literally want to eat the rich but I’m not winning converts. Thought I’d go with something more pablum.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

This is a whole 45-minute presentation collapsed into one image. Ain't no one reading all that

[–] False@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

"you play by the rules" comes off as super biased political non sense, so you lost me immediately.

But I'm much more "appeal to the mind" than "appeal to the heart"

[–] rirus@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Highlight the negative impacts more and less how they do it and how normal people do it because the entire picture makes the normal people look stupid and enrage them into thinking That they also should avoid paying taxes and do it the rich man's style and trying to look for loopholes.

Also don't use AI for this shit.