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[–] manicseasons@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Eat the rich and use their money so there is no poverty in the world anymore.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 17 minutes ago

If he's lucky, he might survive it, but if he keeps greeding unrepentantly, he might not

[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 hours ago

Lets hope he is right.

[–] Knoxer@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

People are too divided for an Actual revolution, but I'd say let's try

[–] group_hug@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Internet echo chambers are literally "Divide and Conquer" at scale.

Wake me up when the masses give up their algorithmic app addictions.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This^. Most of us are part of the Machine. Any revolution must begin outside of it.

[–] group_hug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 50 minutes ago

One of the most revolutionary actions people can take is put down their phones.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Revolution led by CEOs, I presume?

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nono, "Revolution" tm, new AI product from his company.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

How many subscriptions tiers does it have?

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 12 points 9 hours ago

I've been waiting for the pitchforks since 2008.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Americans can’t even bother to get their asses off the couch to vote against fascism. The only Revolution they’re gonna take part in is the one at the Olive Garden when they run out of breadsticks

[–] mr_jawa@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

That patently false. Millions of us got off of our asses to vote against fascism.

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 54 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Venture capitalist Bradley Tusk told LBC: “If Elon Musk says he needs a trillion dollars because he's going to solve global hunger or something like that, great, have at it. But I don’t know what you could possibly buy with a trillion dollars that you couldn't buy with a hundred billion, or probably even $10 billion.”

Well at least he's aware of how much money a trillion dollars is and how easy it would be to solve world hunger.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

He once said that if there was a concrete plan to solve world hunger he would do it. Then a representative of an actual plan to solve world hunger showed up on his Twitter feed and provided him with information and he was like 'nah'.

And the plan would only cost a small amount of his fortune. He bought Twitter for much, much more.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I think it was only like 6 billion, right?

A huge number on its own, but in this context it's nothing.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Yup. The actual sources of world hunger aren't material but systemic. So it's not as easy as just "giving everyone food", but the more complicated "give everyone access to a robust agriculture supply chain".
Fortunately, giving 1-2% of people fertilizer and some work animals might be a bit more complicated, it's significantly cheaper.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 3 hours ago

He paid 44 billion for Twitter and it took him a few days to raise that much money. He could have been the man to write the cheque to end world hunger and be honored by millions for generations to come (despite all his other bullshit), but he chose not to.

The world starves not because we cannot feed the hungry, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 57 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Millionaire CEO? Who is this broke bitch?

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago

I know right he only has an estimated 1/10th of a billion.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Lmao I’m thinking the same! Like damn he’s struggling with us normal folks in the trenches!

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

If your parents left you a home, you're probably a millionaire too. Many blue collar working folk are millionaires, except if they tried to spend those millions they'd become homeless.

[–] meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works 21 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

I mean the millionaire class is a grey area between those who are so rich they are completely out of touch with working class realities, and those who were working class who got a break and played a good hand right.

Personally I don't really have a problem with millionaires, that's an amount you can make playing by the rules and not bending them to your own will.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

It’s also just not a huge wealth disparity. Like having 5-10x more than the average is more tolerable than having 10,000x more than the average. if someone drove a car that was worth 10x more than mine, it would be a new Honda. If they had a house 5x larger it would be a large family home. This actually adjusts to the needs of society.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 25 points 17 hours ago

Plus it just means "homeowner" in way too many cities.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 14 hours ago

VC usually has 100s of millions or billions. hes probably the one that uses funds from billionaires into his company?

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Damn, I wonder if anyone else has noticed this. 😳

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 14 points 18 hours ago

Fingers crossed that if it does, people will see it as what happens when you let the clowns control the circus and the Terrorist Party never sees themselves in a position of authority ever again.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well off working man warns the capitalist class the consequences of stiffing the working class.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Observer of history states historical observances.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 18 hours ago

Wow, thank you captain obvious

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 13 points 20 hours ago

One can hope.

[–] thefrozenorth@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 day ago (8 children)

The US govt shutdown is a distraction. The real story is the generals being fired by Hegseth. When they are replaced by Trump loyalists, the real civil war will begin. The goal of Project 2025 is to install a white supremacist evangelical ruling class in power. They have already published everything they want to do, all you have to do is look.

[–] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Nothing is just a distraction. They're all just similarly evil parts of the plan, that they have fully documented, and that people just kinda keep ignoring.

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