I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!

[bluemagma@sh.itjust.works]

“rarely”: so you admit sometimes the solution is “get rid of X” ? Then why would “get rid of billionaires” not be a solution for you ? To be clear I’m not saying we should kill them or physically hurt them in any way, we can simply reappropriate their wealth turning them into non-billionaire, also making it illegal for anyone to be a billionaire in the future. Why would that not work in your opinion ?

[gravityowl@lemm.ee]

if there are peaceful solutions to redistributing the wealth

But that’s the whole point, there aren’t any.

The whole idea of being able to tax them fairly and properly is merely a pacifier so the people think they have a chance. And while they hope something might change, the rich actually use their power, money and influence to rig the system in a way that ensure they’ll never have to pay their fair share.

There’s no peaceful solution to the unethical and violent accumulation of wealth

[deafboy@lemmy.world]

It’s hard to tell. Satire is usually funny. #justaprankbro

[howmanynimons@lemmy.world]

No, fuck X. Get rid of it.

[deafboy@lemmy.world]

What if we don’t kill them, but just rob them instead?

• The moderate lemming

[howmanynimons@lemmy.world]

What we need to think about is how this works practically. A billionaire isn’t someone with a billion dollars in their bank account: it’s someone with a 50% share in a business with a market cap of $2bn. How do we address that fairly?

Now I’d say that a business with a certain level of profitability owes something to its employees, such that very few businesses would reach that level of capitalisation.

[undergroundoverground@lemmy.world]

Why does the proletariat, the largest class, not simply eat the bougouise?

[howmanynimons@lemmy.world]

Nah man. I know cool.

[bluemagma@sh.itjust.works]

I don’t see the issue, if we say 1 billion is too much (I would choose a lower maximum personally) if their wealth in any way or form is above the max, they have to sell a house or some asset, society in the form of the government (or whathever is in place) take the money to be used for public interest project. It’s really not that punishing, they would literally be the richest people, and they would still have plenty of money/asset to enjoy life. They don’t need more.

[greenknight23@lemmy.world]

have you thought that maybe this joke wasn’t for you?

#dontquityourdayjob