From threatening cage matches to backing RFK Jr., billionaires prove too much money detaches a person from reality
Sure, but more to the point, we need to overhaul the entire socio-economic system. The neolibs experiment in deregulation and privatization and prioritizing profit growth has manifestly failed.
The stunningly stupid thing is that we basically have the tech to automate a huge amount of the labor required to produce all the stuff humans need and to at least try to do that sustainably, the problem is we don’t know how to organize a society that can run on much less human labor.
What keeps me up at night is the thought that one obvious way to reorganize around a much smaller human labor requirement is to have a much smaller population. Isn’t that the radical right end game here? Isn’t that why Very Rich People have gone full fascist?
In addition to taxation, make them share their wealth with all of their employees. Their working people deserve the money more than the government.
The workers should control the means of production. Imagine if every worker owned a stake in the company they worked for and got to vote on corporate decisions…
Ideally, tax money would be spent by the government in a way that benefits workers.
Walmart employees get a ton of welfare money but are still mistreated. It would be better for the workers if they had a say in how the company was run, rather than getting their employment subsidized by tax money.
I was making $15/hr at Walmart over the pandemic when I just couldn’t stand to be at home anymore.
I was STILL on food stamps and had Medicaid.
It’s asinine, I’m not even mad they fucked with the heiresses boat in Ibiza.
Who thought giving trust fund kids a bunch of tax payer dollars was a good idea LOL
I worked for a trust fund kid. It started off great until I realized he had no understanding of how money worked. Despite him saying / thinking he cared about the bottom line and the well being of the company, he really only cared about his ego and if his (rich) family thought he was successful.
I worked for a guy who was given his family’s company. When I told him my 4th birthday was approaching he tried to relate to me by asking if I was getting a boat over 40 ft because “a man’s age should never be less than his age.”. Because not only did he think I had a massive boat, he also thought I would buy a new one as I grew older.
This guy also refused to hire actual employees if he didn’t have to. Everyone was “temp”.
The only thing really bad about their outlook, is it’s not true for everyone.
UBI is basically “trust funds for all”
If everyone had a guaranteed income that would cover living expenses, a bunch of people wouldn’t be so hyper fixated on money
Really glad to see this take. Nobody balks at the idea that ‘hoarding’ is a mental health issue when poor people do it. It’s about time we recognize obscene wealth is bad for everyone in society, including the people who hold it.
Maybe things would change if the billionaires were convinced it’s bad for themselves.
It would, but they won’t.
