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[–] thinkingofyouihaveananxietydisorder@quokk.au 2 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

why do we let them keep defiling earth with their caustic presence? they're vile. they will never do anything for another person. why allow them in society? why allow them any power? any protection for their possessions? that's real resources that could go to building schools and hospitals.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago)

It's simple: we don't allow it. They force it.

By holding wealth they hold power, by holding power they can use coercion and violence to ensure they keep power

So that unless a large enough majority would choose to fight back, which is a huge risk that most wouldn't want to take, they can just fend off all attempts to remove their power with very little difficulty

And you may say "but then why doesn't a majority form to fight back?"

  • fear of repurcussion - what if you lose the fight? They will destroy everything you care about in retaliation
  • corruption of state - the state itself is willing to prop them up due to those with wealth using wealth as a tool to rot it from the inside out
  • class traitors - those in power create a mythology that anyone could be like them, it just takes hard work, in so creating people who have no power that are willing to fight for them cause they think it will give them power (it won't)

If things get bad enough, then all those bullet points will not outweigh the amount of people willing to fight back, it's happened time and again. But in almost every case it's gotten MUCH MUCH MUCH WORSE than our already shitty situation before there was enough will to fight.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

imagine reading how taxes work.

dont do it.

just imagine it.

and then keep posting these questions online.

[–] Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The real resource they have is their money. Other than that it's all stuff they buy with their money to be able to have assets to hold their wealth and I don't mean just mansions I mean paintings, jelwery, antique and vintage furniture of value. Clothing that needs to be stored a certain ways, wines and collectable foods, historical documents of value, historical artifacts in general......

Things that we would never even think of is what they hold their wealth in which is why they use trusts and company holdings and offshore bank accounts so they're not holding their full assets and net worth.

Like that one painting that they all say is worth 20 mil, is that 20 mil that's not in their bank account but is always obtainable through auction. It makes you less of a target if your wealth is spread and diversified.