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Who's ruledicalized here? Not me. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by LesDeuxBonsYeux to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean I'm not trying to start anything but ever so often it crosses my mind that there are roughly 500 people that if we, the other 8 billion people on the planet, captured those 500 people, executed them, and divided their wealth among us evenly, would improve the quality of life for what 4 to 6 billion people so much that it would change the world in a single night.

500 people for 8 billion.

There's a phrase that comes to mind, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

Honestly I'm too chickenshit to be the hangman but if we all got together and decided that it was time I wouldn't blame you.

[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every day a billionaire wakes up and chooses to not improve the lives of millions of people is another day that they are choosing the be the scum of the earth.

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

part of the problem is the gigantic profiteering motive

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is a reason those people fight really hard to avoid class consciousness from taking place. Divide and conquer works, the class war is so one sided it's not even funny.

[–] sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We don’t even need to execute anyone. We just need to take back all the shit they stole.

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

You make a good point. Instead of killing the top 500 we could just take the top 1,000 billionaires' money and resources in excess of 1 billion dollars.

I wonder if we did that just in America what would they call that? It's not quite a coup but it's kind of a coup.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

We need a few thousand private submarines to save the world

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

love that the symbol of capitalism is a crashed spacex rocket

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It took me so long to see it, but that’s not a crashed rocket, it’s a rolled up $100 bill. Up some absolutely massive person’s nose.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago

ok that makes so much sense haha but also it kinda fits on all three levels for elon or capitalism

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

because it's printed on a road, i automatically read it bottom to top.

[–] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Everything fucking absolutely.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Doesn't help that the text size also draws the eye to the bottom first.