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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Okay but I’d probably play a Cuphead-style “eat the rich” game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well guillotine and molotov, they watched the bourgeoisie thrive. They came on in with the citizens, and made them pay the price.

Paaaaaay the priiiiiiice

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm fine with Billionaires existing, once every one else is well fed, housed and educated, with ample access to health care and recreation, cared for in retirement.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The problem is that we are really bad at estimating how big a billion is. It is a staggering amount of wealth that can only be obtained by exploiting others. There should be no place for that in society even if all those things are solved.

Here's a video that really drives the point across of how big a billion is: https://youtu.be/8YUWDrLazCg

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've had good luck with giving people a comparison to Jesus working.

Let's say Jesus worked as a carpenter from the day of his birth to today, making $50 an hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (he's a hard working dude!), that's 17,739,264 hours of labor. Surely he must have billions of dollars working that hard for that much money over the last 2,024 years.

Not even $887 million. Still far short of a single billion. I guarantee 99.9% of people don't make $50/hr, and absolutely nobody works 24/7/365 for thousands of years, and if that alone doesn't tell you that billionaires shouldn't exist, nothing will.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Finally a use for Jesus i can get behind!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Billionaires are the ones keeping those things from happening. They own politics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

There doesn't necessarily need to be a hard limit on how rich you can be but there should absolutely be a limit on how poor you can be.

Now, I'm pretty sure that once we feed, clothe, educate, and provide for the general welfare of the entire populace to a humane level that it will be significantly more difficult, if not impossible, to become a billionaire, but really that's just as it should be. It should be borderline fucking inconceivable.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Guilly and Molly! My favorite comedy duo!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I picture Mr. Guillotine sneezing when his nose is stuffed to drop the blade and "clear" it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Zimbabwe citizens: "Shit, guess we're getting the guillotines..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

where is forky and knifey?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Trillionaires are multiple billionaires inside a big mech

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

no they get a free pass /s

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

Maybe from Japan?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

within say, 10 years, a bunch probably

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Get a nice base fire started with the bourgeoisie and we can see what color the billionaires give off

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm going to be a filthy reformist and say "make billionaires millionnaires again".

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

Billionaires should be able to exist.

They are a perfect symptom to know how corrupt a society is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

They should struggle to exist.

Example: Scandal as taxpayer hits a billion in wealth. Prime Minister will lead an inquiry into how a single person was able to monopolize so many resources.

If the whole world was a village Mr. Billionaire would be lynched by now for obviously having all the village resources.

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

surely it's a boast... a gross valuation of absolutely everything that can be remotely linked to them. they dont personally control or consume billions.