• @finitebanjo
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    3 days ago

    Killing 2700 doesnt save the planet, thats the problem. For some reason complex solutions like tax and election finance reform are so far beyond the average person’s intellectual capacity that they fall back on Unga Bunga big stick.

    • @Goodmorningsunshine
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      63 days ago

      With the 2700 owning all of the avenues to tax and election reform, seems like it’s not likely that’s going to be easier than the old unga bunga.

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        But killing 2700 doesn’t take away their avenues. It just makes 2700 more who are more defensive and hostile.

        To put this into perspective, the Trump Admin has a combined networth of a MINIMUM of $540 Bn USD, and more than 50% voted for them. Do you understand? This isn’t us versus 2700 people. It’s us versus the majority of people.

        There is no “Easy Way.”

        • @Goodmorningsunshine
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          53 days ago

          Yep, I sure do understand humanity is fucked. Here’s hoping at least that majority gets bird flu.

      • Flying Squid
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        03 days ago

        What do you think happens to companies when a CEO dies suddenly- from murder or from another cause?

        Because the answer is not that the company folds or that it suddenly puts people over profits. The answer is the company finds a new CEO who puts profit over people.

        There is no shortage of people with MBAs.

        • @Goodmorningsunshine
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          53 days ago

          Do you think there are just 2700 CEOs and that that’s what that number refers to?

          But to answer your question, perhaps at some point the CEO taking over for the murdered one thinks deeper about business practices. Maybe even the merit of killing people for profit with your business practices is taught in MBA programs alongside the possibility or in some happy world likelihood of being punished accordingly for doing so.

          • Flying Squid
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            -22 days ago

            That’s not how corporations work.

            They are required to generate a profit for their shareholders. If they don’t, the CEO can be removed by the shareholders and the board and replaced.

            I get it. You want things to be easy. They aren’t. There is not an easy way out of global capitalism that involves shooting a few people, sorry.

            • @Goodmorningsunshine
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              22 days ago

              I want things to be better. But you know what - the fucking easier the better. Remove your tongue.

              • Flying Squid
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                02 days ago

                This does not make things easier. In any way. CEOs die suddenly all the time. It hasn’t changed anything ever in terms of how corporations are legally required to operate.

                You can kill a CEO a day and the legal issue does not change. They will not put people over profits just because people are dying. Why that isn’t clear yet I don’t know.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    22 days ago

                    Laugh all you like. You will never see a corporation put people over profits. Never.

                    That is not how capitalism works no matter how much you might want it to. It doesn’t work that way anywhere on the planet.

          • @[email protected]
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            43 days ago

            Not sure what you are doing, but harassing someone isn’t behavior that should be supported. If someone doesn’t respond to you, chasing them around to other comment sections to get answers isnt only gross, but may be something you should discuss with a therapist.

          • Flying Squid
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            23 days ago

            Are you now going to stalk me across Lemmy trying to get you to admit I’m totally definitely a cop for sure?

            Because I already told you I went to the police academy when I was age 5 and got into the FBI by age 9.