Here’s an idea. Don't change any taxes, billionaires don’t like that. Instead, let them amass wealth as usual. But once a year we pick the richest 5 people, execute them and distribute their entire wealth.
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024
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Maybe not the 5 richest, but a random sampling from the top 50 (we can work out the exact mechanics). Keeps it spicier, and the ultra-wealthy love feeling like they're gambling.
Kinda why I thought top 5 - since it would mean people would need to compete to earn less than others
Better yet, give away more than others.
Why stop there? Why not make it a full on Hunger Games style thing where they have to fight through labyrinths and kill each other
We need a democratic part, people vote on which one of the 5 is the lucky winner.
And then air it on live TV: "Who want's to kill a billionaire?"
They will just hide their riches and make it look like some shmuck that has less is richer.
Right, so the first program will be "Finding the real billionaire".
Some of them already do, in charities.
What about picking random billionaires and distributing their wealth without execution
Awwww but I already made this guillotine
When people bring up execution, it's because these people would not give up their wealth even under the threat of death.
Jail exists
Okay?
That would work wonders for sure
How about the richest 20 people?
Here's a page from a book written 19 years ago:
"Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else"
And this is why I view so many charities sporting a family's name that's also sponsoring it as complete shams. Sure, on occasion they do actually conduct real charity, but more often than not it's just a way to funnel money from one source to another to avoid taxes.
You have my sword
And my axe!
And my pitchfork!
Spark the blaze
They've been warning about pitchforks since the 2008 financial crisis. The rich have nothing to worry about.
Every new generation goes through finding out that we're nothing but pawns for the rich, get angry, protest... I wish we could skip that part and start at angry so we can get to revolution before people move on. I think we should actually eat one billionaire, to prove a point. I'm a vegetarian but I'll take a bite of the billionaire to prove my dedication
Let's break out the guillotines too
In unrelated news, investment by the super rich in pitch forks and torches has soared lately.
Just remember not to use tiki torches please.
It'll be a couple of neckbeards with their dust-covered Boring Company flamethrowers 😂
They'll sign up for the Musk Militia and go defend a Gigafactory.
For being a mostly forgotten "failure", it sure does seem like Elysium is truly the path we're on...