Hehe capitalism am I right guys?
Step 1: eat the rich
Step 2: ???
Step 3: I didn’t think this far ahead
Poverty will never be eradicated, what kind of nonsense is that? The poverty is a feature of capitalism, not a bug.
As a North American, I don’t think $1,000,000,000,000 is a quadrillion. It’s 1x10^12, which is 1 trillion. 1 quadrillion is 1x10^15, or $1,000,000,000,000,000.
It only makes sense that we collectively eat the first trillionaire.
Tbh I’d guess that it’s unlikely that we’ll have a trillionaires at all. Hiding wealth will become easier and easier and I don’t think anyone wants that rep in “eat the billionaires” sort of public climate.
I agree about hiding wealth and all that, but is the public climate actually “eat the billionaires?” Because I basically only see that in left-wing spaces. Normies still seem to be doing a ton of boot licking tbh. I do live in a pretty conservative area though so maybe that’s biased?
Speaking anecdotally, I’m pretty sure you’re right on that one. In my circle of (millenial / lefty) friends it’s basically seen as common sense. Among the average person I interact with, however, such as at work, it’s seen as a fringe idea. And I’m not even advocating for eating them in the revolutionary sense - just taxing the rich in a way that doesn’t allow any one person/family to horde egregious amounts of wealth to the point that they can unduly influence society with their power.
And I’m not even advocating for eating them in the revolutionary sense
I really thought you were going to go with “but in a culinary sense”.
If a dollar was deposited into you account every SECOND, it would take approximately 32 years to get to just one billion dollars.
Elon Musk has 180! And he’s the SECOND richest guy on Earth. The richest being Bernard Arnault at 211!!!
It’s absolutely grotesque to be this filthy rich.
Also, inb4 “It’S pApEr VaLuE, nOt ReAl MoNeY iN tHe BaNk”. Who cares? You could sell it all and become an international hero by ending all famine, bringing healthcare to everyone and giving shelter to everyone who needs it.
To add to this, don’t forget they can borrow against this paper value. Since it’s a loan, they don’t pay taxes on it.
I just had to do the math. If Jesus rose from the dead but then continued living as an immortal zombie, and he managed to squirrel away $250,000 a day, every day without spending a dime, he would just about have as much money as Elon Musk by now.
This seems like a great opportunity for some Supply Side Jesus! https://imgur.com/gallery/bCqRp
