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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Imagine how good one would be off if we had just 1 or 2 million in the bank..... apples would be like 5 bucks each but it would be nice for a good month. But anyway like how do we get say 500 bucks a week and they get 20,000? Or 3,000,000? Like how does that even make sense to anyone?

[–] Bremmy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Time to return to monk

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 46 points 17 hours ago

like and share if u would beat a billionare with a metal pole

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago
[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

If I had the opportunity for some street justice on a billionaire I wouldnt fucking hesitate. That said, it would change jack shit. His wealth just passes to the next asshole.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

In a hypothetical world where billionaires cannot go outside a security perimeter for fear of their lives, how soon would we see people refusing the inheritance or donating massive portions?

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

You just assume that everyone rich would seem rich. If i got billions noone would know. Not everyone needs gargantuan houses and excessively expensive cars and yachts. I would still live in a moderatly tiny house because i don't like housework AND don't like strangers in my house doing that. In fact i just had billions. Nothing in my life would change. I'd be safe in your world 😁

Also what for? To show others i have money? So i could never ever trust a person again? Not everyone wants to be a rockstar. Only those whose personalities are so undeveloped that they need the constant ego-strokes from random strangers to even feel something. I just feel pity for jokes like elon musk.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

Can he trust his cook if it's a brown person? 🤮

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It would change things if it becomes systemic. If they learn to be scared of being a billionaire, maybe they'd be less likely to want to become one.

[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I think they'd just hire more security. They have the money for it.

Edit: I agree with your sentiment though

[–] gimsy@feddit.it 5 points 8 hours ago

It is enough to have one person doing the inside job, but this will escalate too and... welcome to modern Russia

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 133 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

You and me baby aint nothing but mamals, so lets lead a revolution like on discovery channel

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 hours ago

This song has to be taken in the context of its time. You see, discovery channel used to air documentaries and animal shows.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Hehe I like you

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 14 points 16 hours ago

Nature is wise

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 27 points 19 hours ago

Every healthy economy has a robust guillotine maintenance capability.

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 35 points 20 hours ago (17 children)

the maoist uprising against the landlords was the largest and most comprehensive proletarian revolution in history, and led to almost totally-equal redistribution of land among the peasantry

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 14 points 20 hours ago
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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Did you know, chimps don't have remote killing drones, armored vehicles, or nuclear weapons.

Well human do, and its usually not the average person that have posession of those things.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Average military pay is like 2100/month so I guess if the dudes in charge of the nukes/drones/tanks decide to stop getting cucked by business interests it would probably be fine.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 21 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Or decide not to kill their relatives. Like in previous revolutions ;)

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

That doesn't always happen, look at the massacres in South Korea before the end of the dictatorship.

The numbers on wikipedia are lower than actual numbers as questioning them could literally get you executed until the 90s. For example the official number for the Gwangju uprising is 165, but the city recorded an extra 2300 deaths above historical averages for May. That doesn't include thousands who were arrested, many of whom sentenced to death.

The government ordered the soldiers to shoot the protesters, and they did, and hardly anyone knows about it today.

Indonesia is also worth looking at.

[–] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 25 points 21 hours ago

Don't have to own em, just have to get the people paid to operate them on the right side

[–] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 13 points 19 hours ago

In addition to what MattsAlt said, the people in possession of those things still rely on you and me to meet all their wants and needs. So a crucial first step before they become edible is for us to stop meeting their wants and needs. Exactly who "possesses" what starts to become a little more ambiguous when that happens.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago

How many wars the US has won since WWII?

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[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago
[–] asg101@hexbear.net 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Eat the rich? They sure are making everything else too expensive.

[–] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Beat inflation at the grocery store (and everywhere else) with this one simple trick. Capitalists hate it!

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What am I missing? Counterfeit bills?

[–] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 3 points 8 hours ago

You're not missing anything. I shouldn't have included the pic but I had just seen it minutes before reading the post and it felt like it fit. The one simple trick is what you said: eating the rich.

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