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.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

part of the problem is the gigantic profiteering motive

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

We need a few thousand private submarines to save the world

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

love that the symbol of capitalism is a crashed spacex rocket

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Everything fucking absolutely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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