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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 50 points 1 week ago (9 children)

imagine the state of the world if $3.5T had been used for our planet and its people over the years. this shouldn't just make people mad it should enrage and sicken everybody. three trillion is enough money to fix and/or control every major preventable issue facing humanity and these greedy scumsucking motherfuckers hide it for themselves with the intent to never touch it. they just want the number to be big.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well this would be 3.5T times whatever the tax rate was (probably different for different people unless it was just a Americans). But even if it's just one trillion, that could be used to drive a lot of change.

[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No. Imagine if instead of hoarding wealth we actually used it to the benefit of humanity.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then you'll want to abolish private property and currency altogether, not tax billionaires.

[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Well it does require a one world order and a dictatorship, but other than that it could be quite nice.

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