• Jeena@piefed.jeena.net
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    5 months ago

    So you’re saying if we kill the 8, we can double the wealth of almost half of the population of the world?

    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Yeah but think of the impact on society, any of us could be those top 8 if we just worked hard enough!

      /s

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          5 months ago

          It won’t. The kind of people who would offer themselves up to be killed for the good of humanity aren’t the kind of people who make a billion dollars unless they hit the lottery a few times in a row.

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              That’s what gets me when people defend billionaires. You could take 99 percent of that and they’d still have 10 million dollars which is still multiples of what the average worker makes in a lifetime. They could still live without a worry in the world.

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          5 months ago

          Shit if I ever end up in the top million let me know so I can solve that via charity and pro worker lobbying right quick.

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          5 months ago

          I’ll sign this pact too.

          Once I’m into the top 1000 net worths on earth (practically a given to happen), I’ll just retire.

          If my valuable assets force me into the top 100 (more likely than not), I’ll hire somebody to find good charities to prop up.

          If I stumble into the top 10 billion/trillion-aires, go ahead and do what you gotta do and remind my widow to do nice things with the estate.

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      5 months ago

      Yes then with their superior work ethic and bootstraps they could earn it back again. It’s like an infinite money glitch for humanity.

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      5 months ago

      You would also have to double the debt of everyone in debt. Students might be quite annoyed, but not nearly as much as Alex Jones.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, then we would all have so much more money all of a sudden, that would mean we could all buy so much more stuff. That’s definitely how money works.