Andy@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWe've all just got to do our part!fedia.ioimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up12Karrow-down127
arrow-up11.97Karrow-down1imageWe've all just got to do our part!fedia.ioAndy@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squarebloom_of_rakes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoBasically. If we all decide at once to ignore their “wealth”. Bam. They are no longer wealthy and their power goes poof. Unless they have a private army of drones of course.
minus-squarexenoclast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThreat of violence is the core of all power. Even wealth is just a way to account for how much you can leverage violence over another.
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoor I think the desire to earn personal assets of that level should really be classified as a mental disease, like gambling addiction. And be treated accordingly
Basically. If we all decide at once to ignore their “wealth”. Bam. They are no longer wealthy and their power goes poof.
Unless they have a private army of drones of course.
Threat of violence is the core of all power. Even wealth is just a way to account for how much you can leverage violence over another.
or I think the desire to earn personal assets of that level should really be classified as a mental disease, like gambling addiction. And be treated accordingly