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

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I’ve fundamentally contested what you said.

If you have seized the means and systems, the billionaire class are by definition deplatformed.

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But still not answered the question.

I’ll reword it for you, since you want to be pedantic about it.

You’re in the process of seizing the means. They see this and don’t like it. They respond with overwhelming violence (as they have repeatedly in the past)

Now what?

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If peacefully unionizing or organizing folk are attacked, they are morally free to defend themselves, even in an organized way.

Establishing killsquads and public executions will not stay “pure” and will cause massive spill over violence.

There’s an important distinction between the two.

Above I provided a meaningful reply to “what’s your solution”. You can argue it might not be effective, but I’m certainly not avoiding anything. I made my point, and my suggestion.

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Yeah, I’ve been finding myself arguing with zealots more and more on Lemmy. This is really not a healthy community. I hope it’s some form of keyboard warrior syndrome and not the way these people behave in the real world.

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i think any order would work

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I was just trying to show that taking the high road effectively does nothing, when the opposition is willing to stoop to any level to win.

And that, historically, whether we are non-violent or violent, both have been countered with violence.

You’re absolutely right about the spillover violence, but I would contend that we’re currently experiencing that anyway, as inequality runs rampant and people are forced to crime to survive.

We’ve been trying the peaceful way for my entire lifetime and made no real progress. Perhaps it’s time for a different approach. I’m not really comfortable with it morally, but I’m also not morally comfortable with things staying the way they are for another generation.

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I am absolutely saying that, feel free to quote me.

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Clockwise from bottom left maybe

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I’ll take some of your money then, I’m sure you won’t mind considering how well-off you are (and how blind you are to those of us less fortunate). Oh, you don’t want me to do that? If only there was some system, some measure of equality, some safety from poverty, a safety net for those that got dealt a shit hand and are juuuuust treading water… while fuckwads buy their second Bugatti this month.

So for now, off with their heads. A few rolling away and they will come up with something real quick.

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3 2 1 then 4

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That is the exact same thing…

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Dollar amount for some markets and some years - big corps do accounting magic and end up net negative, which they can calculate against profits in another fiscal year under some circumstances, paying 0% tax

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Billionaires murder millions.

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Please don’t slander dragons by associating them with the filthy rich human cretins

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I think people would be okay with taxing them away, as well. It could be fine to give an either-or option to each billionaire, even.

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Rust my bolts and call me the tin man, 'cause I’m standing next to the biggest strawman of the century, and he still has no brain. Dorothy’s probably on her way any second.

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10% off (of their bodies)

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Sarcasm my dude.

Death penalty doesn’t reduce crime.

What I’m calling out is that the comment laid out the blueprint for authoritarian extrajudicial killings, they just don’t get it.

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And that’s fair. I think, though, that they were pointing out that the violence in that case would be mob violence from the hypothetical revolution, not actually at the behest of an authoritarian ruler. The death penalty is not involved. They seemed to be arguing that, at some point, the measurable and visible harm a person or small number of people does or do to the world by their continued practices, combines with the risk of them using their power and influence to escape from justice should any real attempt be made to force them to reconcile with their crimes, and that this inability to enforce justice without death, combined with the inherent injustice of doing nothing, could be the fomenting factor for mob violence against such tyrants.

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Yeah. Virtually anything with an exception for the first million dollars will both lose almost no tax revenue (as a percentage), and never ever touch the rest of us temporarily embarrassed not-quite-yet-billionaires.