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minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82arrow-down2·5 months agoHere’s an idea. Don’t change any taxes, billionaires don’t like that. Instead, let them amass wealth as usual. But once a year we pick the richest 5 people, execute them and distribute their entire wealth.
minus-squareMuAraeOracle@real.lemmy.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoWe need a democratic part, people vote on which one of the 5 is the lucky winner. And then air it on live TV: “Who want’s to kill a billionaire?”
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoThey will just hide their riches and make it look like some shmuck that has less is richer.
minus-squareMuAraeOracle@real.lemmy.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoRight, so the first program will be “Finding the real billionaire”.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSome of them already do, in charities.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·5 months agoWhat about picking random billionaires and distributing their wealth without execution
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoAwwww but I already made this guillotine
minus-squareAscendantSquid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWhen people bring up execution, it’s because these people would not give up their wealth even under the threat of death.
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThat would work wonders for sure
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoHow about the richest 20 people?
Here’s an idea. Don’t change any taxes, billionaires don’t like that. Instead, let them amass wealth as usual. But once a year we pick the richest 5 people, execute them and distribute their entire wealth.
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We need a democratic part, people vote on which one of the 5 is the lucky winner.
And then air it on live TV: “Who want’s to kill a billionaire?”
They will just hide their riches and make it look like some shmuck that has less is richer.
Right, so the first program will be “Finding the real billionaire”.
Some of them already do, in charities.
What about picking random billionaires and distributing their wealth without execution
Awwww but I already made this guillotine
When people bring up execution, it’s because these people would not give up their wealth even under the threat of death.
Jail exists
Okay?
That would work wonders for sure
How about the richest 20 people?