QOTD: "I think, every year, the richest person in the world should be sacrificed and their wealth distributed to the poorest among us.
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@CdnCurmudgeon @blogdiva Potlatch: the wealthiest person intentionally distributes all they own to the community and lives off of handouts and gratitude. Not a new thing. No loss of life.
@beckett @CdnCurmudgeon @blogdiva
"From 1885 to 1951, the Government of Canada criminalized potlatches. However, the practice persisted underground despite the risk of government reprisals including mandatory jail sentences of at least two months"
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@CdnCurmudgeon Every time I see something like this, I remember that Taylor Swift is a billionaire. Who gets to decide who is evil and who is not? We need a better metric, like how well compensated are their employees. Swift is generous. Bezos is a monster.
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QOTD: "I think, every year, the richest person in the world should be sacrificed and their wealth distributed to the poorest among us. The rest of the year would be billionaires scrambling to distribute their wealth in an attempt to ensure they aren't the one to pushed out into the ocean next year. Is that radical enough for you?" --@genxkiwi66
@CdnCurmudgeon not comfortable with ‘sacrificed’. They can pick a different country to ‘start over’ and will be given 0.0001 ounces of gold.
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And until said public works project is certified satisfactorily completed by 86.2% of the affected citizens, said Gazillionaire will be required to pay the same percentage of income tax as their lowest-paid employee pays, with no exceptions, loopholes, or sleights of hand.
@JKrotkov @CdnCurmudgeon I admire the elegance of your proposition. Implementation though would require a level of invasive oversight i'm not sure most folks would be comfortable with violating privacy norms over. In order to ensure compliance, you're essentially creating a demand for constant surveillance that i'm confident wouldn't survive a 4th amendment court test.
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@JKrotkov @CdnCurmudgeon I admire the elegance of your proposition. Implementation though would require a level of invasive oversight i'm not sure most folks would be comfortable with violating privacy norms over. In order to ensure compliance, you're essentially creating a demand for constant surveillance that i'm confident wouldn't survive a 4th amendment court test.
um.... we're not proposing legislation here... 🤨
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@franciswashere @darwinwoodka @CdnCurmudgeon
Cut their hamstrings and throw them to some wild boar
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@franciswashere @darwinwoodka @CdnCurmudgeon
Cut their hamstrings and throw them to some wild boar
@darwinwoodka @CdnCurmudgeon @franciswashere
And that's completely unacceptable. I should not have posted that, but have you seen the world we're living in? I think we're past being polite. Maybe I don't know block me or not
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QOTD: "I think, every year, the richest person in the world should be sacrificed and their wealth distributed to the poorest among us. The rest of the year would be billionaires scrambling to distribute their wealth in an attempt to ensure they aren't the one to pushed out into the ocean next year. Is that radical enough for you?" --@genxkiwi66
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I wuz obligated to boost this post by virtue of my name.
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um.... we're not proposing legislation here... 🤨
@JKrotkov @CdnCurmudgeon Why not? Look around you, friend. All we see EACH and EVERY fucking day is people standing around BITCHING. Not DOING. Everyone complains. But only a few look for actionable solutions. That dynamic needs to shift if we don't always want to be stuck furiously duct tape patching an entropy engine exquisitely confabulated to tear itself to pieces every day. Civilization is getting too complex & damage potential too broad to keep trusting our luck like this.
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um.... we're not proposing legislation here... 🤨
@JKrotkov @Beggarmidas
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@CdnCurmudgeon Okay, so in this scenario, we off Musk, and the poorest billion people get two shares each of Tesla, the cesspool formerly known as Twitter, and SpaceX. What are they supposed to do with them?
Trade, sell or toss in that drawer with the push pins, paperclips, possibly working pens and "maybe still good" batteries.
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@CdnCurmudgeon I think taking all their money and distribute it to the poorest (in a way they would get among the poorest) is probably a good enough punishment. They would also be motivated to increase the “poorest” level in case they would end up there.
I like this. More humane. But any criminal aspects should be addressed first. Should the rich person be grouped with the innocent poor, as an equal?
I think not.
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@darwinwoodka @CdnCurmudgeon @franciswashere
And that's completely unacceptable. I should not have posted that, but have you seen the world we're living in? I think we're past being polite. Maybe I don't know block me or not
@griff Nah. Not worth the effort.
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@JKrotkov @CdnCurmudgeon Why not? Look around you, friend. All we see EACH and EVERY fucking day is people standing around BITCHING. Not DOING. Everyone complains. But only a few look for actionable solutions. That dynamic needs to shift if we don't always want to be stuck furiously duct tape patching an entropy engine exquisitely confabulated to tear itself to pieces every day. Civilization is getting too complex & damage potential too broad to keep trusting our luck like this.
Let me know which office you'll be running for, and how we can help.
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@franciswashere Cannibalism? It’s not like they’re people… @darwinwoodka @CdnCurmudgeon
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Let me know which office you'll be running for, and how we can help.
@JKrotkov @CdnCurmudgeon *heh* No way i'd make it pass a mudslinger. Other candidates will weaponize my professional background & 20 years extranational against me.
My current focus is entirely dedicated to democratic survival. This administration has shown EVERY intent & sign to upend our 250 year experiment in a bid for absolute power. Without a system where change is possible nearly every other concern & effort becomes secondary. Towards that end i've got a plan to checkmate him at midterms. -
@JKrotkov @Beggarmidas
There may be a historical precedent we can use...@CdnCurmudgeon @JKrotkov Sort of. Temporarily. Immediately after they purged each other in an internecine slaughterhouse. Then went on to be subjugated by Napoleon who crowned himself Emperor, which kind of made the whole effort a moot point, eh?
...So perhaps more cautionary tale than prospective template. Besides, this is America. Our cultural tradition is a lot more immediately available. Nobody is ever that far from a tall tree & a short rope.
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QOTD: "I think, every year, the richest person in the world should be sacrificed and their wealth distributed to the poorest among us. The rest of the year would be billionaires scrambling to distribute their wealth in an attempt to ensure they aren't the one to pushed out into the ocean next year. Is that radical enough for you?" --@genxkiwi66
@CdnCurmudgeon seems like you'd just incentivizeever more clever ways to hide your wealth, offshore or elsewhere.
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QOTD: "I think, every year, the richest person in the world should be sacrificed and their wealth distributed to the poorest among us. The rest of the year would be billionaires scrambling to distribute their wealth in an attempt to ensure they aren't the one to pushed out into the ocean next year. Is that radical enough for you?" --@genxkiwi66
@CdnCurmudgeon When do we start?
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