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"The day all billionaires died…" - thisecommercelife (warning blood) (thisecommercelife.com)
submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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What happens to the rest of us? How will we move on?

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[–] morto@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

They would form almost-billionaires consortia and spread the money to not cross the threshold. People just created a metric to blame, because it's easy, but the actual problems are our societal structures and our culture. If we don't change that, nothing will really change. I'm from a country where there are very few billionaires. If they all popped, nothing would change, because our oppressors aren't billionaires, but the oppressing structures around here are pretty much the same as in the usa

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 29 minutes ago

Yup. The problem isn't the people who exploit the system for their benefit. There will always be those people to some degree. The problem has always been the fact that the system is structured in such a way that allows and incentivizes the exploitation of others for personal gain.

Fix the system so it distributes power horizontally in a way that no one individual can exert authority over others without their consent by threatening their basic needs then you remove the ability of the individual to exploit the masses.

[–] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Nah, it's the correct metric because of what gets people that metric: greed.

The "billionaire" part is simply because of what the current number is for the richest piles of filth. I would hope most people understand the hate for "billionaires" is directly equivalent to the hate people have for any greedy, money-grubbing shitstain.

If unjust/gross wealth is the metric, it's the correct metric.

Remember: A metric doesn't tell you how to fix things. It's just a metric. Of course leaving unregulated capitalism in charge after billionaires exploded wouldn't be wise, but a metric doesn't tell you how.

Though your point is still true in that if we ONLY cared to eliminate billionaires directly and literally, it wouldn't work: Any metric that becomes a target ceases to be a good metric.

Although that wisdom really does beg to go up against a problem like billionaires... When the problem is the very existence of something, sometimes the metric is directly the problem. Like poison levels in your drinking water. You need to use that metric regardless of how you decide to solve the problem.

If you could drag the poison in your drinking water out back and shoot it to get rid of it, wouldn't you? Even if you had to do it once a week, you've still greatly improved your drinking water!