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Its real somehow: https://xcancel.com/Shedletsky/status/1886563357249212846#m

TranscriptA tweet by Jon sheletsky (@shedletsky) saying "Silicon Valley built the modern world. Why shouldn't we run it?. The tweet has 658k views, 70 bookmarks, 70 likes, 460 retweets/quotes and 694 replies. It was posted at 6:52 PM, 2/3/25.

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 79 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I'm pretty sure that if we fed a handful of fascist billionaires to a wood chipper, the rest would be much easier to manage.

[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i'd pay for tickets to that event.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago

Free attendance, although you might have to bring binoculars since half the planet would probably show up to cheer

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 14 points 4 days ago

We design and build the wood chippers too, so I don't see why we shouldn't.

[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

If we fed every CEO of a Fortune 500 company into a wood chipper the only effect on the world would be fertilizing some plants.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

Why so pessimistic? I'm pretty sure there would be much more positive change on the world from that purely hypothetical scenario.

[–] dumbass@quokk.au 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I didn't even think they would make a good fertilizer, just shove them in a can and fire them at a black hole, see if that eats them up.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

It wouldn't even want them. Watch as it regrets its mistake and chucks them back up as Hawking radiation.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

We can't know that until we try

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 5 points 4 days ago

If any Amazon needs to be pulped...