• Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    He is right.

    Imagine a “billionaire” in the wild: An animal sitting on a vast horde of food that it could never eat while others starved around it … yea, it would not last long.

    Imagine a “billionaire” in a living body. A corporate money making entity would basically be a cancer that had to be removed to save the life of the patient.

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    Once you go beyond $100,000,000, there is no measurable difference in lifestyle. However, power accumulates. That amount of power shouldn’t be in the hands of so few.

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    It’s inspiring to see Americans are still fighting the good fight.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    Had anyone ever said yet… Lin Manuel Mayoranda

    I hope he goes far and makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Brave man in a moment that needs brave people.

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    One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper.

    -Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, 1792

    Or, put in modern terms: There is no such thing as an innocent billionaire.

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    The wealth of the rich is still growing and it will continue to grow automatically until the middle class ceases to exist. If we do not take the assets back, it will become impossible for normal working people to ever buy a house, or have any economic power over their own lives at all - nevermind the political control or the media manipulation.

    Extreme wealth concentration is THE biggest issue facing society. Mamdani is absolutely right.

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    They could just stop impeding progress and let the working class have things like healthcare and a living wage. Guess that’s too much to ask and they would prefer guillotines?