We need to outlaw having more than $100,000,000 in personal wealth. You hit that mark, and you get a "Congratulations! You won Capitalism" medal. Tell them it's made of unobtanium, but just make it out of a titanium steel alloy.

After that every single penny they make is poured into "The Sovereign Fund For Humanities Poor."

This would absolutely fund UBI, and climate change solutions.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago

They've fought for decades to keep these things from happening

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to demoralize you, but it seems a pretty stupid solution. First because you need to implement it world wide to hope to have some effect and second simply because this way nobody will ever try to go over the limit so your

This would absolutely fund UBI, and climate change solutions.

will get exactly 0 funds. So the guy that have 100.000.000 $ in personal wealth is still rich and you don't have any other resource for your UBI or whatever thing you want to do with them.

It is what is happening here were we have a lower limit to pay taxes, if you earn less than that you don't pay taxes (or a very small amount) and people simply avoid to go over the limit. BTW, the limit was introduced exactly with a similar reasoning, even if for different reasons.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Alright, no limit, but every week we guillotine the top one.

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

ideally yes but that might take sometime (if one follows a more peaceful approach that is...). This is more like an emergency measure, completely sever ties of billionaires with any politics and state business. If it becomes a norm in some European countries like separation of state and the church, then others would follow hopefully.

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

A non-peaceful solution would be preferable. The billionaires have clearly chosen to kill as many of us as they can get away with. Killing them back is just self defense at this point.

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

I am also completely OK with redistribution of excess wealth or anything that applies going forward too as long as this mental disease is dealt with and people recognise it for what it is.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It is absolutely a severe mental derangement

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Musk alone has killed thousands, subjected thousands to cancer risk, given HIV to babies, fueled violent murder sprees by dozens of radicalized Nazis. Bond villains arent as evil as him, and he gets adoring fans for the death he causes.