I'll never understand billionaires. They are so fckn obscenely rich, they can literally buy anything they want. And yet they do everything to squeeze yet another million out of the populace. A million that LITERALLY doesn't change their lifestyle. A million to them is like how a cent is to us. Prolly even less. They literally are pure evil, otherwise I can't explain why they try to make life harder for us normal folks although they already have everything.
It's a high score for some of them. It's not that they want any tangible benefit, they just want the most so they can say they're the richest person.
They must be sociopathic in order to do this. They just don't understand other people suffering in the same way the majority of us do (more of an abstract concept).
The hyperrich who don't fall into these categories don't stay wealthy for long. If someone lucks into this situation somehow, they'll either get swindled, start using their wealth for causes they care about, or stop growing their wealth because they have enough. There are quite a few examples of benevolent millionaires: once you get to the billions, there's none. Attrition removes all benevolence on the climb.
I think we should enact universal healthcare, and pay for it with a wealth tax on the richest person in the US. 100% of the nation's healthcare will be paid by the richest person until the richest person is no longer the richest. Then the second richest person can start paying too. Nobody gets to be the exclusive richest. The uppermost class all share that title, and they can instead compete on number of lives saved.
It's a mental disease. I hoard newspapers and it takes all my place's room, I have a problem. Replace that with money and items of value, I'm successful.
I started to agree because I've also described it this way, it's definitely something very like mental illness, hoarding for sure combined with super low empathy.
But, I can't really let it lie there, because in general mental illness - while accurate - carries pretty deep assumptions of care and accommodation, for me, and these folks do not merit that. Can't merit that, sadly and frustratingly to me.
They cannot be healed, certainly cannot be accommodated. In the worst of em it's a deep hole in their humanity that nothing can fill. Nothing. They invent horrors which yet again fail to close that hole. And again. And again.
Not sure if I'm agreeing or disagreeing with you I spose, just unpacking.
At this point myself I don't think it can be resolved and locking them up, taking all their assets, then letting them wither to death is the NICE thing we can do.
Agree, nation states should definitely crack down on these tax havens and put the money to a much better use such as war or immigration raids or funding the 4th reich or something #georgism #taxtherich #servilebeliefinthestate
Let's be real, the chance of US or any nation state in its position to heavily undermine one of its biggest industries and add in another massive expense that would contribute further to its massive debt, completely going against its interests is straight up 0.
Propping up the military industrial complex, starting wars and boosting demand/profitability on the market through destruction of foreign capital though? Now we're talking!
What would happen if every day people just stopped paying taxes? Like over stated exemptions and stopped paying into the government. How long would it be before the system felt it?
27 Comments
null@lemmy.org · 33 pts · 124d
They're hoarding all the pixels now too.
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 124d
Fuck
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 124d
Hold on, I think I have a sharper version lying around somewhere.. Yep, here it is!
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 124d
Thanks
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 124d
No problem 🙂
bridgeburner@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 124d
I'll never understand billionaires. They are so fckn obscenely rich, they can literally buy anything they want. And yet they do everything to squeeze yet another million out of the populace. A million that LITERALLY doesn't change their lifestyle. A million to them is like how a cent is to us. Prolly even less. They literally are pure evil, otherwise I can't explain why they try to make life harder for us normal folks although they already have everything.
Barbarian@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 124d
It's a high score for some of them. It's not that they want any tangible benefit, they just want the most so they can say they're the richest person.
They must be sociopathic in order to do this. They just don't understand other people suffering in the same way the majority of us do (more of an abstract concept).
The hyperrich who don't fall into these categories don't stay wealthy for long. If someone lucks into this situation somehow, they'll either get swindled, start using their wealth for causes they care about, or stop growing their wealth because they have enough. There are quite a few examples of benevolent millionaires: once you get to the billions, there's none. Attrition removes all benevolence on the climb.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 124d
It is like a high score to them.
I think we should enact universal healthcare, and pay for it with a wealth tax on the richest person in the US. 100% of the nation's healthcare will be paid by the richest person until the richest person is no longer the richest. Then the second richest person can start paying too. Nobody gets to be the exclusive richest. The uppermost class all share that title, and they can instead compete on number of lives saved.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 124d
It's a mental disease. I hoard newspapers and it takes all my place's room, I have a problem. Replace that with money and items of value, I'm successful.
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 124d
I started to agree because I've also described it this way, it's definitely something very like mental illness, hoarding for sure combined with super low empathy.
But, I can't really let it lie there, because in general mental illness - while accurate - carries pretty deep assumptions of care and accommodation, for me, and these folks do not merit that. Can't merit that, sadly and frustratingly to me.
They cannot be healed, certainly cannot be accommodated. In the worst of em it's a deep hole in their humanity that nothing can fill. Nothing. They invent horrors which yet again fail to close that hole. And again. And again.
Not sure if I'm agreeing or disagreeing with you I spose, just unpacking.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 123d
At this point myself I don't think it can be resolved and locking them up, taking all their assets, then letting them wither to death is the NICE thing we can do.
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 124d
It is a addiction. They are addicted to gain more money the same way a junkie is addicted to injecting heroin.
rekabis@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 123d
They are a dragon lying on its hoard of gold.
And what do we do with dragons? We slay them.
Build guillotines. The blade and its channel to begin with, make sure that’s built to never fail; we can always build the rest later.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 9 pts · 124d
If I was a tax haven I’d nationalize those assets and be like “suckas!”
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 124d
They have their own private CIA. That wouldn't end well.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Something tells me the force of the US military trumps any private CIA, but all of our leaders are scum so they'd never flex that muscle.
commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 124d
Agree, nation states should definitely crack down on these tax havens and put the money to a much better use such as war or immigration raids or funding the 4th reich or something #georgism #taxtherich #servilebeliefinthestate
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 pts · 124d
I mean, the billionaires already love to fund war, immigration raids and the 4th reich. Might as well get universal healthcare while you're at it
commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 124d
Let's be real, the chance of US or any nation state in its position to heavily undermine one of its biggest industries and add in another massive expense that would contribute further to its massive debt, completely going against its interests is straight up 0.
Propping up the military industrial complex, starting wars and boosting demand/profitability on the market through destruction of foreign capital though? Now we're talking!
Tiral@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 123d
As they go after the person who accidentally didn't claim $150 in sold stocks.
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 124d
the economy is a euphamism for the borgoisie.
Sunflier@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 124d
The sign holder needs a second sign: Give universal health insurance; NOW!
cybernihongo@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 124d
Hurting the economy? Damn, what, is this she in the ER or something?
discocactus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
Gonna be bidding for pieces of the wreckage. Workers should start their own currency and just leave the fiat horders to themselves.
Dotcom@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 124d
What would happen if every day people just stopped paying taxes? Like over stated exemptions and stopped paying into the government. How long would it be before the system felt it?
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 124d
... and how are we gonna fix that with anarchism?
discocactus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 124d
We don't fix anything with anarchism. You should feel free to though.