If we did more to address wealth inequality, a lot of other problems get better. Like, it could be technically legal to spend a billion dollars on advertising a campaign, but that won’t matter if no one has a billion dollars to spend.
I had a half joking conversation with some friends at the bar a while ago where we had this idea: every year we calculate the 10 richest people who have more than some factor more than the poorest people. If they don’t give up their wealth to get under the threshold, then we kill them, and distribute their stuff.
That’s it. It’s really just “eat the rich” with extra steps.
If we did more to address wealth inequality, a lot of other problems get better. Like, it could be technically legal to spend a billion dollars on advertising a campaign, but that won’t matter if no one has a billion dollars to spend.
I had a half joking conversation with some friends at the bar a while ago where we had this idea: every year we calculate the 10 richest people who have more than some factor more than the poorest people. If they don’t give up their wealth to get under the threshold, then we kill them, and distribute their stuff.
That’s it. It’s really just “eat the rich” with extra steps.