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"Necessary" (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 181 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait till he hears how necessary it is for life to get harder for billionaires.

[–] Breve@pawb.social 123 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's why they're trying to take power. Billionaires would rather destroy the world and drive all life to extinction than to give up their private jets and yachts.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 months ago (2 children)

just wait till they outlaw protests and impose curfews

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

That's so 2020. Oh, that was under trump rule. Just a small sample of what's to come if he gets into office again.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

do i tell him?

[–] Frittiert 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The French found a solution some time ago, maybe history really repeats.

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

There are now a lot of people who think we should be nice to billionaires because they also could become one sometime in the future

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't be the first civilization that disappeared because the elite doesn't want to compromise and give up status. It's a constant in history.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The worst part is--it's really not. These guys could all stay millionaires and we could still solve our system's worst distribution issues. Their biggest hardship could be dealing with not being The Guy With The Biggest Number when they go to their rich guy parties.

Personally I'm in favor of making them destitute and/or imprisoning them, but going that far really isn't strictly necessary.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

These guys could all stay millionaires and we could still solve our system’s worst distribution issues.

UBI actually makes billionaires richer, even with higher taxes. Money trickles back up to them. The problem with UBI is that it redistributes power, and the powerful want all of their power. Wealth "needs" to buy power.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Harder - lol. He'll have to settle for two 180 foot yachts instead of three.