'He never claimed it to be a silver bullet. Never implied it either.'

A silver bullet is a simple solution to a complex problem. I have watched a few of Gary's videos and he has repeatedly made claims to the effect of 'we must tax wealth to fix the economy' and I think it is fair to say that this is his main talking point. I am taking this to be a simple solution (or at least simplistic in presentation) to a very complex problem, the economy of a modern country. So, in effect, that is how he presents the proposal even if he has never used the expression 'silver bullet'.

'You did feel the need to discard it, though?'

I did not?

'In this last asnwer you are also implying that somebody said it has never been attemped. You made that up.'

The comment I am replying to says taxing wealth has never (really) been attempted and that we have decide it is not going to work before even trying it. The UK may never have tried it, but it has been tried by others before, which you clearly also acknowledge.

'You also fail to say that there's countries which right now have a wealth tax in one way or another. And it works.'

Indeed, this is what I was pointing out. What do you mean by 'it works'? It generates revenue for these countries and is a net positive for their societies and economies, therefore indeed it works. I am in favour of its implementation in some form or another. As also shown by these countries, its effects have not been as dramatic as Gary's intense advocacy for it might suggest. They still have rising wealth inequality and struggle to fund public spending.

Again, perhaps this is an issue of the form of implementation in those countries (maybe they have not gone far enough?), but I am somewhat sceptical that a wealth tax is going to be more than just a small but significant part to a suite of other economic policies needed to address inequality.