@return2ozmacake to A Boring Dystopia • 3 months ago'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profitsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square17arrow-up1299arrow-down13cross-posted to: news
arrow-up1296arrow-down1external-link'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profitsfortune.com@return2ozmacake to A Boring Dystopia • 3 months agomessage-square17cross-posted to: news
minus-square@Dasuslink24•3 months agoAnd they have no idea what historically happens in these situations? silently sharpens guillotine blade
minus-square@Duamerthraxlink12•3 months agoThey do. That’s why they engineered culture wars to pit us against each other.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoIt’s always worked. “Divide et impera” is a Latin phrase for a reason, it was how Philippus II of Macedonia described how he conquered a large part of current Greece.
minus-square@Dasuslink12•3 months agoNo need to, comrade. They’ve already done that for us. https://www.forbes.com/consent/ketch/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
minus-square@Fredselfishlink3•3 months agoAlright, so should we start at rhe top our the bottom of the list. Funny who number 1 never hear about that guy?
minus-square@Dasuslink2•3 months agoI think we should just do a free-for-all, and a takedown will be worth the rank in points…? And yeah, loads of billionaires keep away from any sort of attention, because they’re probably aware of the guillotines.
minus-square@postmateDumbasslink1•3 months agoI think any such system should be non heirarchial, on principle. Heiarchies are a root cause of the current issues.
And they have no idea what historically happens in these situations?
silently sharpens guillotine blade
They do. That’s why they engineered culture wars to pit us against each other.
It’s always worked. “Divide et impera” is a Latin phrase for a reason, it was how Philippus II of Macedonia described how he conquered a large part of current Greece.
We need to start making lists
No need to, comrade. They’ve already done that for us.
https://www.forbes.com/consent/ketch/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
Alright, so should we start at rhe top our the bottom of the list. Funny who number 1 never hear about that guy?
I think we should just do a free-for-all, and a takedown will be worth the rank in points…?
And yeah, loads of billionaires keep away from any sort of attention, because they’re probably aware of the guillotines.
I think any such system should be non heirarchial, on principle.
Heiarchies are a root cause of the current issues.