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So how do we unlock the green part for ourselves instead of giving it all to a rich twat?
Seize. The. Means.
Force will be required.
Ask them nicely and then vote for someone who will ask them nicely surely they will give it up without a problem.
Maybe ask the Romanovs.
I also envy the average Russian's life
Deflationary currency, where they have to give you specific demotion in pay to stay at the same purchasing power. Also housing appreciation needs to be readded to the CPI so that it raises interest rates when it gets too high.
Become self employed
You become the thing you hate. Start a business.
Edit: I just want to clarify that this is supposed to be mostly an outrageous thing to be said. I did that on purpose. I may have forgotten a "/s" to make that clear. Not everyone has the aptitude, willingness, or care to create their own business. Depending on your line of work, it may be a neat impossibility to do so, as others have articulated already.
I'm trying to make a social comment on the absurdity of our current capitalistic systems. While it's true that you can keep 100% of what you produce as profit for yourself if you are independent, that doesn't make the prospect any more viable as a course of action. However, having the "opportunity" to start a business and keep 100% of the profits is the excuse any capitalist would provide in this situation.
I suppose, saying "become the thing you hate" didn't make it clear enough to everyone that this is supposed to be a mockery of capitalists.
Good luck being succesfull, everyone can start one...not everyone can pick something that works and/or make it work
Great idea. What kind of business, I wonder? Telecoms company? Bank? Train network? Carmaker? Steel refiner? Power plant? Newspaper? Mobile phone manufacturer? Television? Oh wait, all of those industries are already heavily rigged in favour of the status quo.
Or by "start a business" did you mean buy a van and hire a local school leaver to help you do some landscaping and HVAC?
Make something new, instead of trying to copy-cat?
We desperately need “copycats”. There are many industries that are moribund and are in desperate need for a shake-up, but the incumbents have worked hard over the last half a century to deny almost all new entrants in an attempt to protect the status quo. They have even worked things such that any competitive threat to these incumbents are seen as a national threat to be legislatively and legally opposed.
The American ISP landscape (Internet & communication providers) being an absolutely stellar exhibit № 1. In many places it’s illegal to create your own private or municipal ISP.