America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

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    1 year ago

    That would just make other billionaires somewhere else. The problem is the system not the people

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      1 year ago

      He did not say “once”. I think they’re suggesting a systematic approach. I periodic Purge if you will. Like some shitty movie.

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        1 year ago

        The moment they go above a certain amount and still act shitty, they are food.

        I wouldn’t care about rich people if they just paid their workers, paid their taxes, looked at reducing the pollution of their companies, didn’t lobby against the public interests, and just were all around swell people.

        The problem is that they aren’t, none of them are.

        Either they become like that from being rich, or only awful people are moralless enough to become rich. But there isn’t a single good rich person.

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      Yup, the problem is firmly the system, but suggesting a worldwide change to socialism/communism is less “palatable” and believable by the average person.

      So “eat the rich” is a decent compromise for a comment not intended to approach any sort of complex answer, while still being a move in a better direction than suggesting things to continue as they are.

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        1 year ago

        Suggesting a replacement system is infinitely more palatable to me than another Reign of Terror followed by (presumably) the same mistakes. Revolutionary defense is fine, but we don’t need bloody revenge.