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A general strike is the only thing that would actually work though
Actually, no.
See, the ultra-wealthy are really rich. More so than they've ever been in history.
And a lot of economists, including Nobel laureates, are saying the only way to fix this situation is to redistribute all the wealth at the top.
Anything else may kick the can down the line for a couple of years.
And what is happening in the US is going to happen to all the industrialized nations. (It's already happened to all the undeveloped nations.)
How bout this? Let's do a general strike and test it out.
Why does the majority not simply seize wealth from the minority and redistribute it? Why can't society just collectively decide money from billionaires had no value? It's so frustrating seeing the majority allow a minority of rich people ruin everything when money is a social construct, meaningless if we all collectively decide it is