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Why you over here just casually posting pictures of heros?
The man, the myth, the legend. Just had to let more people see that smile.
Well, that is a bit excessive.
Rabid dogs are put down because there is no cure for their disease, and they cannot be controlled, and their very existence will bring harm to others and...
Nevermind.
Yah this is really hyperbolic, the reason we "put down" vicious or dangerous animals is because we've accepted that they are what they are and we've all collectively agreed that they cannot change their nature and will always be a danger to every- ...oh. Okay, yeah I see.
Thiel should be the first to go, that asshole has been making the rounds recruiting billionaires for a takeover for years
You can't take over what you done already own
That's the whole idea
He's planning to build a billionaire's utopia where the poor live in debtor prisons and the ultra wealthy are treated like gods
We're in the endgame
Nah probably not. There will be suffering and shocks but they're like restructuring the economy here. They can't like go back to feudalism, they don't know how, and it isn't possible. I just can never buy the apocalyptic framing, its not really evidence based, just Hollywood based.
I do think you're right about more prisons though, idk about debtors prisons yet but they are loving making people "illegal" and then doing horrible shit to them. If they can't get enough people out of work to suppress wages how they want, then I bet you will see states arguing for their right to put debtors in jail. Although the expansion of online gambling into every part of our lives is kind of insane though, it could shift some dynamics.
I think its more like the billionaires want this or they don't care because they all know they're gonna make the money. And we are gonna get screwed
I think you’re not paying enough attention. It’s called the Butterfly Revolution, and it’s exactly what is described above.
America needs the next Luigi!
Everyone can be the next Luigi if they want to... In fact, we shouldn't be waiting for a hero to come along or else it'll never happen.
That's what Luigi did. And that's the lesson we should remember.
So when will you be doing it?
I refuse to answer that question and wish to remain silent.
If you aren't ready to be the one then stop fucking calling for someone to step up. Coward ass statement.
I'm not American. Maybe figure out where someone is from before making a coward ass statement!
To be fair, you don't have to be. France has bailed us out before . . .
Good. Need more of this.
I do think he's quite wealthy though....
We need more from his class to speak up. This whole system is basically the Billionaires paying the Millionaires to keep the thousandaires hating the rest.
Hell yeah. Finally a half time show I'd watch.
time for an old yeller solution.
Burr 2028: Fuck This Bullshit
CEOs could maintain control of society while avoiding bad press simply by providing people with what they need—living wages, healthcare, and secure retirement plans. They could still rule while ensuring a fairer system. BUT THEY WONT.
When life gives you billionaires, make billionnaise.
The least we can do is give them mock trials and public executions.
One could make the argument that they barely did that for us. Fuck 'em
Imagine if we gave hoarders the same status we give wealthy people.
Like you're invited over for dinner.
You get to the door and ring the bell. They yell, "come in." You push the door open against 10000 stacked news papers pushing back at you. You're instantly hit with the smell of animal feces and urine. You unironically say, "wow, so decadent." You climb over a pile of furniture and to get to a small clearing in with a couch and a coffee table covered in clutter. You tell your host, "So much stuff, I'm so jealous, you truly possess all the worlds material goods." They heat up some discount canned ravioli on a hot plate because the only place in the entire house you can habitate is that small clearing with the couch.
After you finish your fine dining experience you leave and you realize you never once saw any animals.
Hoarding is a disease. Doesn't matter if it's useless garbage or the idea of a pile of money you'll never use.
Disagree. Rabid dogs who must be euthanized deserve care, compassion, and respect when doing so. Rabies isn't a life choice a dog makes.
Billionaires deserve no such care, compassion, or respect.
also did Bill Burr ever apologize for all the transphobic shit he's said recently? Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with anyone of any walk of life gaining class consciousness, especially if they talk about it. But it'd be even better if he's stopped being transphobic on top of that.
Billionaires should not exist. You don't get to be a billionaire without exploiting people - for that matter once you get over about 10M you're probably stepping on people, or exploiting systems, in order to continue growing your wealth. And why, exactly? It's a sickness that gets worse the richer someone gets. It's been studied and confirmed that people who have excessive wealth convince themselves that they deserve it, they earned it individually, and that they are special and more valuable than others. So instead of riding off into the sunset, they feed their addiction by buying outsized and unearned power in order to shape the laws so that they can make more money. Just fuck off already - you won at capitalism, now get the fuck out of the way and stop screwing over everyone else and making our lives miserable.
Beyond 100M we should just take it all for the state. 100% tax rate. If you want to keep earning beyond that, then great, you will have the glory of contributing to the public good.
But since billionaires have convinced idiots to advocate against the idiots' own interest, and argue that the billionaires can't be constrained in any way, then this will never happen in the current social context. So next best thing is to do as Bill says. Put the fear of God into them.
How does one put the fear of god into them?
I assume this is a rhetorical question.
The rich are not the problem, the wealthy are the problem. I like the way Chris Rock put it: 'Shaq is rich... The white man who signs his check is wealthy.'
Millions of people could be up there with Bill Burr, if a few hundred wouldn't hoard over half of all wealth in the country.
I would sleep just as well if Shaq's top marginal rate was 90%.
Yep, let people make all the money they want, but once you hit 10 billion, you get luigi'd.
put that limit at 100 million please
10 billion? I can't see how someone realistically would needs more than 10 million, but okay, let's set the limit to 500 million. A ridiculous amount of money.
But 10 billion? That's an unspendable amount.
(And to think we will see trillionaires (1,000,000x million) in our lifetime...)
Stop thinking in terms of dollar amounts, think in disparities or ratios over minumum wage/poverty line for an economic region/group
Figure out what our actual acceptable limit is and keep it there despite number of units as that will just need to be continually adjusted
Edit: crap not who i meant to reply to. Still applies though so ill leave the comment
I think the limit is in the millions.
Honestly 50 million is plenty for any individual.