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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"fall in line" here means redistribute their unearned wealth

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

then we'll eat a second

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Only way to do that is through taxes and a world wide wealth cap.

Anyone worth a million dollars has all their next income 100% go to taxes until their worth goes below

Nobody should be able to just gather unlimited resources

[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

If we eat them all, they will just keep spawning

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Neoliberal western democracy is not the only democracy style possible