Ascend910@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoTaxation will not work, we need to just take and devide their moneylemmy.mlimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1967arrow-down1imageTaxation will not work, we need to just take and devide their moneylemmy.mlAscend910@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·2 years agoFirst you need to stop money from systematically flowing to the top or that dividing is only going to be a temporary measure.
minus-squareasdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoI’d argue there should be a flat out cap on wealth. Nobody should have 500 billion dollars. Not sure what it should be, but somewhere under 500 billion.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoWould be nice, would still require a revolution.
minus-squarePiemanding@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoYou can have a soft cap with higher taxes as wealth goes up.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoTo name a few: the classic riot, violence and/or revolution the coup organizing through unions and have general strikes until things change sustained peaceful protest voting switching to a different (underground) economic system massive emigration All come with some serious downsides of course.
minus-squareINHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·2 years agoWith votes, sadly.
minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIf voting could dethrone the wealthy, they wouldn’t let us do it.
First you need to stop money from systematically flowing to the top or that dividing is only going to be a temporary measure.
How tho?
I’d argue there should be a flat out cap on wealth. Nobody should have 500 billion dollars. Not sure what it should be, but somewhere under 500 billion.
Would be nice, would still require a revolution.
Acceptable
You can have a soft cap with higher taxes as wealth goes up.
To name a few:
All come with some serious downsides of course.
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With votes, sadly.
If voting could dethrone the wealthy, they wouldn’t let us do it.