I feel like a belt ruins the appearance of many pants, sometimes you just don't want a belt with your outfit. I like to focus of finding pants with a good fit, and take them to a tailor for some modifications if necessary.

Not wanting to tax the rich because "I might be rich one day".

Is that something you would be open to working towards? Since the growth of Lemmy is attributed to Reddit becoming "closed", I think many users might see it as a dealbreaker or be less inclined to use a closed-source app.