If the top 1% of the population has more than 50% of the worlds wealth, why can’t the other 99% just take it from them?

Question

Edit: I did not literally mean going to rich people’s houses and rob the money.
But to just pass a law that takes most of their money and redistributes it.

In: Economics

Answer 1

Religion is the opioid of the poor. For thousands of years the poor and middle class were told to behave themselves so they can get into a paradise known as heaven.

Soldiers and cops are middle class. They protect the wealthy. Rich people can afford bodyguards and also WALLS to protect them.

Lazy poor people are too lazy to start a revolution.