One of @pluralistic's best posts and one of the best reasoning as to why we need to get rid of billionaires.
"The problem isn't whether rich people believe stupid shit; it's the fact that when a rich person believes something stupid, that belief can turn into torment for dozens, thousands, or millions of people.”
#billionaires
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/#witness-the-firepower-of-this-fully-armed-and-operational-battle-station
@papageier @rberger @pluralistic could not resist, so good
@kennethkalmer @papageier @rberger @pluralistic every healthy economy needs a robust guillotine repair and maintenance workforce.
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 billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.
Robert J. Berger
Papageier
Kenneth Kalmer
Wade Roberts