Let's start with Zaslav.
I would actually pay to see this.
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I think many of us would.
The very last episode features everyone in the boardroom. Massive send-off.
Text BLOOD to (555)555-5555 if you want to see blood in the water before the billionaire is thrown in. One drop of blood for every 100,000 texts!
I'd like to see Kevin O'Leary (not a billionaire) thrown in before Mark Cuban (an actual billionaire)
It's a tank big enough to hold sharks.
There is room for two at a time.
Idea: we do that thing where they have to fight on a platform above the shark tank, and the winner has to fight another one and so on.
With those big ass Q tips
Then the last one standing gets pushed in unceremoniously when their guard's down.
Once the novelty has worn off:
The Bullpen
It's the exact same show, except with an angry bull in a pen.
I'd definitely watch.
And cops instead of billionaires?
Stop, I can only get so erect.
I think that would be unethical to the sharks.
We'll only use sharks that are assholes.
I've never understood why it's called Shark Tank. The UK one is called Dragon's Den, and to me it makes sense, because dragons hoard gold, but sharks don't do anything like that as far as I know.
You and your business are bait for the "Sharks" to see who is willing to take a bite first, often causing competition. Probably based on divers using shark cages than swimming in an aquarium but "Shark Cage" doesn't hit the same and is likely copyrighted
It's because in American capitalism being a predator is considered a virtue.
Ummm… sharks don’t eat people. More people die by being hit by coconuts than by sharks.
Sharks eat seals but somehow human doesn't cut it for them? Picky eaters I guess
Toss some coconuts and ill-tempered Bass in there!
First you need someone rich enough to fund the aquarium, maybe some multi-multi-millionaire?
We tell them it's to kill the poor for their entertainment and then pull the old switcheroo.
Or a poker-like game where they raise funds one after another before it's time to open cards and drop the loser into the tank on a livestream. Would it be hard to lure Elon in? Would he find a way to talk himself out?
I think they'd just pull the switcheroo on us and everyone would just cheer because blood!
Kickstarter. We all pitch in.
Imagine this would happen and all billionaires are gone. In which world would we live?
A much better one.
That's implied. How will the world change? Who prevents the second line in command from grabbing power? How will regular people spend their time?
There would be far less money hoarded, which means more in circulation and a more robust economy. And if the "second line in command" starts hoarding, they can go in the shark tank too.
How do you envision the mre robust economy?
Hoarding on its own shouldn't be a problem with fiat currencies. The Fed keeps interest rates low until there is some inflation.
If billionaires keep money in a bank, the bank lents that money to those who spend it.
If money should be spent more wisely, everybody could spend their income each month more wisely.
So, what exactly do you want the billionaires to do?
So, what exactly do you want the billionaires to do?
Get eaten by sharks.
Nuff said. It's like they didn't see the post in the first place. 🤦
I think you're nuts. Killing the rich isn't going to make your life better because someone will always replace them. You will never see a cent of wealth that way unless you remove a lot more than just "the rich".
Anyone who replaces them can go in the shark tank too. Then we take all of their money and start giving everyone a universal basic income.
Replacing capitalism with a different system would be much better then just killing whoever gets rich next.
¿Por que no los dos?
Because in the ideal society there would be no need to hoard wealth.