Nearly a month after US President Joe Biden?proposed a new 'minimum 20% tax' on?America¡¯s richest households,?filmmaker and activist Abigail Disney, who is the granddaughter of Walt Disney¡¯s brother Roy Disney too has spoken up against the rich.?
Over the years, Walt Disney's grandniece has emerged as one of the most prominent faces of a movement driven by the wealthy to tax the wealthy. She once received a ¡®class traitor¡¯ award.
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And now, once again she¡¯s speaking out about the need to change the United States and the people in her wealth bracket.?
In early April 2022, Abigail Disney, who is Walt Disney¡¯s grandniece, was a speaker at Oligarchs vs. All of Us: The Fight for Power and Money, as per BusinessInsider.?
The event was hosted by the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of millionaires devoted to creating a better and more equitable country, which includes having their own taxes raised. And they also have their sights on those in the tax brackets above them.
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In her speech at the event, she also said that some wealthy people even develop a denial of death, and ¡°self-delusion¡± by ¡°telling yourself you¡¯re doing God¡¯s work. In other words, billionaires are miserable, unhappy people. The billionaire bashing needs to happen. I don¡¯t know why we¡¯re being so polite.¡±
Abigail Disney reportedly also said ¡°One of the most hallmark characteristics of the billionaire is, ¡®but his plane is bigger than mine, but he has more commas than I have¡¯. The four comma club, they call themselves, when nobody¡¯s around, ¡±referring to her perception that the more money someone has, the more they want.?
¡°Everywhere you look, there¡¯s somebody who has more than you do, and that¡¯s not acceptable. That is a really, really horrible way to live your life.¡±
She talked about how there¡¯s a ¡°persistent ignorance and alienation¡±. For instance, the more money that her parents got, the more they become afraid of interacting with others who aren¡¯t like them. They felt that the more money they had, the more they had to lose.
¡°You need a special entrance and a special exit. You need a private aeroplane and a private bar. You don¡¯t want to inhabit anything but the stratosphere with people who are like you,¡± Disney said in her speech for the Patriotic Millionaires. ¡°So there¡¯s a detachment from reality, and then comes the selfishness.¡±
Abigail Disney had previously written in The Atlantic that ¡°the dynamics of wealth are similar to the dynamics of addiction¡± , as you get more, you need more.
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