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They could, but they won't, and that's part of the problem.
If billionaires walked around clearing people's mortgages and paying for everyone's dinner, they'd be less hated. They'd still be a problem, but they could buy popularity.
But they don't. Because they're assholes.
Maybe this will scare some of them into changing the behavior. Maybe it will get some of them killed.
You all remember that "you are Jeff bezos" game, I hope: https://direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-bezos
They got the jubilee movement that was buying people's medical debt for pennies on the dollar, then forgiving it legally banned.
I haven't heard of it being banned. Source and details?
Maybe scaring people into change is something that will happen but I don't think it will. Billionaires are going to feel a little uncomfortable but it's not the first or last time their information will be leaked.
It just takes one industrious plumber.
I don't especially want to live in a world full of stochastic terror, but if we're going to have some I'd prefer billionaires were on the receiving end sometimes.