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Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] literallyacat@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Surely their huge stacks of money will protect them from the bullets, right? Right???

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

I'm worried you may be underestimating how many bootlickers would be willing to defend a billionaire in some sort of collapse scenario

[–] ConsciousCode@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I would personally prefer to sentence anyone with a net worth of over $1B to a lifetime eating $100 bills until they've literally eaten their fortune. Show them the real value of their monopoly paper, you know?