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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] camembear@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He is wrong in one thing. The timeline. Digital feudalism already exists and we are living it.

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but trillionaires should be forced to transition into billionaires, and billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even worse at least the local noble was local and would usually invest within their community instead of what we have now where they barely have to see us.

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[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 21 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't that explicitly the goal of alt-right "thinkers" like Yarvin and his "Dark Enlightenment" (not clever enough for "Endarkenment"?)? Peter Thiel hopes to apply/spread it to all Western civilizations, not just the US.

[–] toohotforsoup@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Yes thats entirely the point. All these ketamine snorting tech bros have hyped each other up into believing they are the new aristocracy who deserve an underclass

[–] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I know Gary likes to play dumb and assume this isn't actually the goal of the rich and powerful all along but they have been executing this class war now for 45 years. Its not like its new and its had universal support from every government since the early 1980s. It is what the ruling class wants, because they get to own everything and live even better. There is a reason you can't get Labour to do anything about it they have been pursuing this intentionally since the 2000s.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My brother in Christ, class war has been active for thousands of years.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ever since the priests convinced others to work for them. The orginal lazy wealty class.

[–] IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think he does so in that he makes it out as best as he can to not be left vs right as people have been propogandised as to what those terms mean, and he wants to appeal to the masses; but in practice it’s pretty left coded.

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[–] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

By not admitting this is actually something the government is intending and helping happen. He is treating the powerful as if they are unaware of the impact of what is clearly their chosen strategy and what will happen.

[–] Semjeza@fedinsfw.app 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And also bizzarely attached to Labour.

Even his chats with Polanski seem to get ended with a "come and talk to me Labour-daddy and I'll play with you instead, he's not my first choice" attitude.

[–] BrightCandle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe its genuine on his part then and he isn't playing dumb he just doesn't actually realise that Labour has been bought and paid for by the rich and wealthy since the end of the 90s. He does keep thinking he can get Labour to change tune, yesterdays interview on channel 4 he is still talking like Labour can be pressured into wealth taxes to save themselves from wipe out in 2028.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tax Wealth, or well shift from Trickle Down Economics to Robin Hood Economics, which usually doesn't turn out well for the leadership.

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[–] lemmelemmy@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I like his way of thinking but I really don’t like his nothing burger suggestions.

Like why are you telling civilians to do it. Like I’m gonna say “oh, ok I’ll go tax the wealthy then”. If you’re that rich as he claims to be why not go be a politican and represent us? Tax the rich my ass. Like it’s our fault. Like we can do anything at all.

There was one vid of him saying “oh I got richer because I bought oil commodity when the war started” like what the fuck man. And then he kept saying tax the rich again.

Also his book sucked. He was basically telling how clever he was and how everyone is else was an asshole tools. Sorry but unless he uses his power (money) and start moving some stones, he’s just another rich cunt that just talks bs to me.

Sorry, downvote all you want. But I’m sick of hearing people telling me to do something while they already have all the power to blast the things. I got fucking bills to pay and I’m dead on the evening can barely read a single page of a book without falling asleep. What the fuck am I supposed to do more? I’m drained.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Tax Wealth?

I want wealth caps!

Say, 10 million dollars, is simply the maximum amount of money anyone can have / control. Any income after that is 100% taxed

No more extreme riches

Governments get huge influx of resources which they can use for free healthcare, free education, universal basic income

Poverty could disappear. Poverty related crimes could disappear

Companies can no longer have huge share holders and owners, now requiring loads of smaller shareholders.

Limit company worths to max 1 billion too while we're at it.l, because no ultra large company ever did something that was good for humanity

Now we have boat loads of smaller companies, makes your economy more stable

Since you can't pass that wealth limit, incentives to screw over customers are gone because it won't get you more anyway.

I can go on listing the benefits for another hour but you get the idea ..

I literally can't see bad sides to limiting wealth. It's a simple rule to get control of the narcissist psychopaths that are ruining the world

Why haven't we ever done that before?

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Abandoning tech for a few generations might be a good thing. It seems all of society is forced to re-engineer itself based on the latest tech/gizmo/widget invention, in order to streamline "business", but everything gets more expensive with diminishing quality over time. Knee-jerk reactions to the shiny and new aren't good for anybody.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Abandoning tech for a few generations might be a good thing.

Are we "abandoning tech" or just segregating access to infrastructure based on professed loyalties to surveillance tyrants?

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Somewhere we lost sight of the idea that just because a person has an idea, does not make it a GOOD idea.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Me resisting the urge to explain how modern medieval historians consider feudalism to have never existed:

But yeah he's right. Or well something will give before that, but that's the limit state we're looking at.

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