I've always had the same issue with this rhetoric, which is identical to the stuff Warren was saying in the primary. Campaigning for a wealth tax is good, but the point shouldn't be the modesty of the demand. The demand should just be an egalitarian distribution of wealth. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1355231136264445953

I've seen similar stuff in other contexts, including in Canada, where for decades many demands for increased taxes have justified themselves with phrases like "asking the rich to chip in a little more." It shouldn't be about them "chipping in" and we definitely aren't *asking*.

This isn't just a point about political rhetoric, though it's also that. You can't simultaneously posit that you're offering structural change while also leading with the quietude of your policy demands. If you're doing the latter, you aren't really doing the former.