• mr_account@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Not to be disrespectful to Japan, but it’s like the dropping of the atom bombs in WW2: the first one sends the message that we have the power to do it, the second sends the message that we’re not afraid to keep doing it

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      19 days ago

      Brian Thompson only had a net worth of $43m when he died.

      That is mere pocket change to the actual Billionaire class, where the three most wealthy individuals on this planet each extract $40m+ of interest on their net worth PER DAY.

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      19 days ago

      Well first of all he’s entirely innocent. So jot that down.

      But if someone like Luigi had killed that CEO, that still wouldn’t be the same as a billionaire.

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        19 days ago

        Holy cow and sacred broccoli.

        Kuru is a thing.

        Let’s not do that. Let’s put them to work. Proper work. Like plowing fields. By hand. Under the sun. From sun up to sun down.

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          19 days ago

          I know many hungry dogs that would be fine with it

          In fact, billionaire dog chow sounds like a great treat.

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          Kuru happens when you eat brains, just don’t eat brains and you’ll be ok.

          I wouldn’t expect more value from their physical labor.

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      19 days ago

      that’s the point, it can’t be just one. has to be at least two or three.

      After the first one they did get scared like you said. Even the health insurance companies got a bit scared and for a brief time they started “doing good”. briefly. then they waited. no one else got whacked. so it was back to the “norm”.

      You gotta cull a few of them in order for things to change.

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    19 days ago

    I want to try some, are we going with a stew, spit-roast, stir-fry, braised, confit, steamed, ceviche, schnitzel, kebab or tandoori?

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    19 days ago

    Every year we wicker man the wealthiest person and their wealth gets used for social programs until poverty (i.e. food water shelter medical insecurities) is eliminated.

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      19 days ago

      Billionaire Royale.

      One enters the danger zone at X dollar. They make money with speculation and interest, so they have to donate / get rid of it before the countdown stops.

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      Floating wealth cap. The richest person in the country is responsible for everyone’s health care. When their wealth is depleted to #2’s level, #2 starts sharing the load.

      Keep adding social programs until everyone is down to #1000’s level.

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      19 days ago

      I like this, but let’s take the top ten and do a roulette type thing.

      Or maybe we make them compete. Maybe make it like some kinda whose line is it any improv, but with call-in voting. Or like Wipeout. (But still with the call in voting.)

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    Real shame we couldn’t get everybody to agree that a person is entitled to a bounty. Like take out a Billionaire, and you’re entitled to take like 2 million for every billion they were worth, and the rest is redistributed.

    I mean just putting the idea out there, and making them think even their secretary or cook might be thinking that 2m+ is looking pretty tasty. They’d live looking over their shoulders their whole life. Could literally be anybody, at anytime, including one of their guards.

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    19 days ago

    Why do we want the rest to fall in line? Why not just eat them all, and prevent the next billionaire from ever existing in the first place?

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        it means avoiding being eaten. The People are easily placated. That’s how they become billionaires to begin with, no one stops them because shiny thing! The other billionaires would each donate like 10% of their wealth to foundations they already control and people will think that’s so fucking awesome of them.

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      19 days ago

      Because billionaires are inevitable thanks to our economic system and the indomitable human spirit.

      If we eat them all, they will just keep spawning

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        18 days ago

        I think “eat the rich” implies also a significant change in the economic system towards something actually democratic and scientific.

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          18 days ago

          Democracy was a mistake. It allows any idiot to rule as long as the people choOse them.

          We need something like a god emperor ruling upon us or something.

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      Jest aside i have often considered a concept where the richest person in the world has half their wealth liquidated and distributed in equal share among the 25% poorest.

      We then repeat this process again and again as needed.