The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires. A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.
The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires
Like all powerful people in all of history, something is broken in their brains. They would be happy to rule over the ashes of civilization as long as they get to call the shots. No amount of actual failure will make them think any of it is their fault, because they're a genius, doncha know?
Like Jim Jones, they are true believers in their own bullshit, which is part of why other people find them so easy to believe, because there is never any doubt in their own minds that this is the right path. Jim Jones didn't just kill other people in his name, he also killed himself.
All these billionaires suffer from the same malady, believing their own bullshit.
I’m cool with him Jim jonesing himself then
They all do eventually, when faced with no escape from the terrors they have wrought.
See: Hitler blowing his own brains out to defeat the Nazis
Gotta slip it in musks ketamine
And all of his followers
problem with that is JJ had a limiting amount of followers, Trump has many more.....and....nukes....so....
Related: Billionaires want you to know they could have done physics (YouTube, 50 min.)
That's funny. Jeff Bezos dropped out of the physics program at Princeton. Because it was too hard.
I watched this a month or two ago, solid video. I think more could have been done to connect this to popular media especially from the 90's about physicists. Gordan Freeman of Half-Life, Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Dr. Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) from Chain Reaction, and others all portrayed physicists as some kind of superheroes whose work could solve all relevant human problems. I think popular media about physicists was probably a big part of it, and I was just slightly disappointed the video didn't touch on that very much.
I'll share this again. Keep swiping!
This website always make me both depressed how bad wealth inequality has gotten and angry that we have to do something about it.
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The 1st and 2nd Amendments exist for a reason. If powerful captains of industry and elected leaders don't want to comply with the Constitution and pulse of the people we're allowed to revolt. It's fucking written down. Voting isn't our only civic duty. Sometimes "good trouble" and non violent Kumbaya sit-ins aren't enough. The rich and powerful have convinced multiple generations that it isn't democratic to revolt. It's bullshit and anyone paying attention knows it.
Edit: A lot of the arguments below prove my point that they've been successful in convincing us not to fight. It isn't just about the guns it's about the will and tactics more than anything. Rebels can do the same thing with some gas and a bit of gunpowder that a multifaceted multi billion dollar army can.
US is armed to the teeth. The local home guard is more armed than militaries of some countries. This is before the army gets called in. Any chance of an armed uprising is naught. The only thing that will work is making the police join in the strikes.
Violence will be used as an excuse to attack people who stood against the govt. This part has been played many times in history. The last major one being in Tianenmen.
From my perspective these ultra-rich just don't seem to think they have any responsibility to humanity. It's one thing to say they don't care about their home country, but they just don't care about humanity at all. If they do anything philanthropic it's because they're seeing direct benefits from it. They sit on their unfathomable stockpiles of wealth like a dragon. At best they do nothing, at worst they actively work to destabilize order.
The ultra-rich should not exist!!!
It is fall of the Roman Republic all over again.
The billionaires have money and power. They do not need or want more money, what they want is more power. The existing power structures with all the laws and democratic processes put more barriers in their way than they like. They see America is in decline, and climate change rapidly approaching (which will wake the moronic masses when it begins to burn down their homes and starve their children). They have assessed that the most efficient way to get more power is just to hasten the decline of America, and all those pesky laws and democratic processes. Then they can build their kingdoms on the bones of what is left.
They should be imprisoned for the rest of their lives for all their exploitations
"Only little people pay taxes."
