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We've all just got to do our part! (fedia.io)

submitted 8 months ago by andrewrgross@slrpnk.net to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In the end we are just gonna have to eat these billionaires wont we

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd be happy if they were just dead. The real question is how do effectively wipe out their wealth..

We don't need to take it. Just make it not exist. I've been thinking about this a bunch lately.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

hivemind?

[–] bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Basically. If we all decide at once to ignore their "wealth". Bam. They are no longer wealthy and their power goes poof.

Unless they have a private army of drones of course.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Threat of violence is the core of all power. Even wealth is just a way to account for how much you can leverage violence over another.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

or I think the desire to earn personal assets of that level should really be classified as a mental disease, like gambling addiction. And be treated accordingly