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The USA going down the tubes wouldn't affect the billionaire class one bit.
There have been billionaires with billions of units of a worthless currency before. No one remembers them. They starved like anyone else.
Billionaires are insulated from almost every consequence of their actions. But the almost is important.
Our current crop of billionaires have lost any awareness of the almost, and they hope we will too.
The new tech has given the 0.001% access to a banking system that will shield them form all consequences.
Unless you're willing to burn everything down and go back to simple barter, the rich will float above any uproar.
I mean, fair point. But their super yacht still won't be quite as nice as it could have been.
If they're making less money, any less money, that will hurt their feelings really bad.
You're getting downvoted but it's probably true. They have so much money they could jump ship and just buy any other country. It seems like a lot of them are already planning for that in New Zealand.
That being said, I fully endorse giving them hell and taking back your country, even if they dip
There's a funny thing going on in the USA. The rich are buying up vacation homes in Red states like Wyoming. The rich come in and f**k up the local economy/landscape and suddenly the capitalism loving natives have to deal with being outspent.