Comment on Fuckin CEO's and billionaires gotta go
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I am entirely convinced that if every billionaire drops dead today, there will be peace on earth tomorrow.
Ehhh, no. The millionaires right below them will erupt in a frenzy to take the top spot and assert control of as much as they can.
Say what you will, but those most vicious ones at the top spend a lot of energy keeping the ones who are just below them, in their places. I see that a ton of misery would spring loose as the multi-millionaires fight each other to get to the top.
Maybe, but I’d still love to see them dead. I say it’s worth it.
This is such a shallow view of the world. No, if every single billionaire died tomorrow, literally nothing will change. The people below them will rise to the top. People who think like you also think that if they got rid of the hierarchy, then surely the problem will be solved… But no, when one hierarchy is gone another will take its place. This is because humans are social animals, and like all the other great apes, we evolved to exist in hierarchal societies.
Blaming evolution for your inability to see past hierarchy is a pretty silly position.
If that’s what you got from what I said then your reading comprehension levels are non existent.
capitalism would still be a thing
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Cynic here. I love the sentiment, but without an effective societal rule change the battle for their wealth would be insane. Does each new billionaire drop dead too? That could work out….
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I never said it would be a longlived peace!
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
If any new billionaire would drop dead too, then that might make a change, though I’m sure families would get together and make $999,999aires in short time.
The problem would still be the sociopaths who want to control more than their sociopath “competitors” (in the biggest number game, not competitors in markets, which none of them want).
Most of them care about either the biggest number, most power, or most fame, or mixes of the 3.
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tis mere fantasy. No need to work it out realistically.