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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 105 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I assume they just hire people to march on their behalf.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And then stiff them off their pay.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 35 points 3 weeks ago

You laugh but here in Australia when the Labor government was pushing for a Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) the big miners made their staff go attend a "protest" on Perth Foreshore during business hours.

[–] vpol@feddit.uk 83 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I see a bunch of billionaires in one place as an opportunity.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Like the guy wouldn't just pay a bunch of people to show up

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Actually came here to say this. This will be like those "supporters" that showed up to watch Pedonald come down that escalator. Paid actors.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

9 out of 10 who claim to be billionaires at that march, won't be billionaires.

And the other one is lying, too.

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[–] atropa@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

We need eggs ,lots and lots off them ,NOW

[–] vpol@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Eggs? You guys need drones. Lots and lots of them. Now.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

🤔 good idea drones dropping eggs on billionaires ,then we have a breakfast with bacon and eggs ,sounds great

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean for the batter? Sure but we also need a lot of frying oil.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] atropa@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Choose rotten eggs

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I think that's exactly why they probably won't have any showing up.

Or else they send proxies. If I was some assistant for one of these fuckers and they asked me to go, I think I'd call in sick that day. No way I'd want to be a meat shield for one of these dickheads.

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 39 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'll bring the guillotine.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone should have one pre-built and waiting at the end point of their march route.

[–] coalie@piefed.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why wait for the end? Corral them in at the start and funeral then into a wood chipper.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

We should schedule a march for guillotines that same day

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow.

Turns out, if you try hard enough, you can find a protest that you want your police state to crack down on.

If only one more rally ever gets tear-gassed, I hope it's this one.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

It won't. But the counter protesters will.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

“Vilifying billionaires is popular. Losing them is expensive.”

If this isn't a Honeypot it is absolutely hilarious that think that billionaires being "lost" is them leaving the country/state

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It sounds like yet another dumbass that had their brain scrambled by the horrible sci-fi writer named Ayn Rand, who was even worse at philosophy than she was at writing prose. Surprised they aren't just outright saying they are threatening to "go Galt". 🙄

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They've been huffing their own farts for so long, they don't know what clean air smells like.

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[–] MOARbid1@piefed.social 21 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, get them all in one place…

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

You're saying you're going to get them all in the same place huh? Excellent.

[–] art@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm here for the march, where do I park my Cybertruck?

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 21 points 3 weeks ago

Just leave it in that bicycle lane over there. There’s room on the crosswalk.

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'll eat my car is there is a single Billionaire spends any amount of time at these protests

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I agree. I'd be surprised if even some centimillionaires would be there...I imagine seeing counterprotesters up close and personal would be a frightening prospect for them.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm told by a neighbor, she used to live in the neighborhood where this clownshow is starting his March, that it's a reasonably affluent area and several billionaires do actually live there. I suspect you are absolutely correct and none of them will show. Wish it wasn't quite so far away, but there's no way I could get to SF quick enough to watch the shenanigans that this is gonna cause.

[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago

Luigi intensifies…

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's not going to happen and we all know it, it's funny as fuck to imagine and on some deeply repressed level they know it, that's why they knew it would get publicity.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Beat him to death, with hammers.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The ongoing outrage over the proposed tax is a little funny, given that it’s already been known for quite some time that the legislation has almost no chance of being enacted. That’s because California Governor Gavin Newsom has already stated that, should the bill somehow pass, he would veto it.

That's not funny. But the billionaires should still march. They might be surprised how many people will gladly come and help march them through the streets.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Someone needs to invent a launch-and-forget autonomous drone model named Luigi.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

LOL, this is going to be hilarious.

I seem to remember some group would dress up in top hats and monocles with satirical signs supporting the parasitic elite.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

The march will be online of ai generative clones of 1 million Eric’s!

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

The one march that wont have any threats of violence against it, because the people that do that are bootlickers

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Nuke them all from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So what, there’d be dozens at best? Fuck billionaire thieves. You shouldn’t exist.

[–] nixfreak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck billionaires completely.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

The stupidity is palpable.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I stopped reading after "AI startup".Everything these clowns do is a publicity stunt aimed at sucking up VC money and splitting before the jig is up.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn’t I see a post earlier from someone saying they made this website to get them all in one place?

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PMP@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

It will be held here followed by afternoon tea and their choice of Epstein delights.

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