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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The upper crust (the top 1/2%) want the 'herd' trimmed by 96%. This leaves 3.5% left to feed and slave for the 1/2% who will be living in Greenland on virgin soil drinking virgin glacier water and who run Earth's feudal system.

Half? You're a dreamer!

[–] bonesawmcl@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why would they want so few people to oppress and exploit?

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Less powerful mobs and they already feel the poors have bred beyond their usefulness and are now just a drain on the resources that the wealthy are destroying to make sure there's not enough abundance so remaining people have to rely on them to survive.

[–] bonesawmcl@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

But more poor people means more mindless consumers, which means more profits. And if we know one thing, it's that what the ultra rich want most, is be more rich. They are hoarders after all. And they couldn't concentrate more wealth onto them, if there's no one to take wealth away from. Or maybe that's hypothetical doesn't really work ;)