Off topic, but this the part that gets to me about billionaires. If I had billions I would spend my days helping communities and people directly, the amount of joy and impact on so many lives would be crazy. Every single day you can absolutely change multiple peoples lives in such a positive way.
But instead they fly their private jets to an island to diddle little kids… what the actually F.
Its a crazy thought. Like, they are SO deranged it’s almost cartoonishly unbelievable.
I’m decently well off from my work and I find when i gain more money I’m much more giving because its fun. Oh no problem I’ll pay your lunch. Guy on street looks kinda poor so get him a burger. Guy in grocery store I can tell is homeless and is buying 1 apple. Give him 50 bucks . donate to Foss projects because they put a lot of work in
I can’t imagine how much I’d give if I was actual rich, I’d donate to all the pet hospitals so no one has to watch their pet die because they can’t afford medical bills etc., build 3rd places, buy all the school kids healthy lunch etc. There’s so much.
Again, if we saw a tribe of 1000 monkeys and 1 of them hoarded every banana while the rest starved, that psychopath monkey wouldnt last long. Hopefully the same happens with humans soon.
Millions are not a lot.
I’d buy inner city housing complexes and transfer them to cooperative ownership, with all rent money going towards upkeep and a collectively-owned fund that will be used to bring more housing into the cooperative over time.
Only the inhabitants collectively can decide what to use the fund for, but the by-laws of the cooperative will not allow selling of real estate or drawing from the fund individually.
In the long run, that’ll remove more and more living space from the predatory profit-oriented housing market and take financial pressure out of the lives of many people.
Depends how many millions. The biggest problems the Netherlands has are caused by too intensive agriculture. Buying out farmland and converting it to nature areas to prevent eutrophication would greatly increase our surface water quality and reduce ammonia emissions to improve air quality while also reducing some of the pressure on existing nature areas which would allow more housing projects to take place. This would require many millions though.
Solar panels. Ass loads of them. Everyone in the area gets a share of the free energy.
You get a larger share if you:
- host them on your property
- have more people in your home (families, sharing etc)
- Are renting because renters need more of a leg up in this world
I live in a fairly small town so millions worth of solar would actually have an impact.
Yes, plus this has extra resiliency benefits for climate disasters and avoiding pain when the price of fossil fuels spike for some reason…
Solar plant, public transit, hydroponic garden, community apiary, schools, libraries
You don’t need millions to spend to make positive change. Joining or starting a mutual aid group and plugging in to a larger network can do wonders for positive change. Read up about the Free Breakfast for Children program back in the 70s it was so successful the government tried to shut it down but also had to replace it with their own program.
I don’t understand mutual aid.
I haven’t had any experience with it other than what I’ve seen here.
It just seems like a very inefficient way to allocate scarce resources.
Mutual aid is not about just financial or about resources. Its just setting up a community network to help. That could be giving a loan to someone to fix their car or could be your elderly neighbor needs a ride to the doctor or giving them some of your leftover pot roast. In turn that same neighbor maybe mends your pants or watches your kids. Like during the civil rights movement it could be as small as making food for a marginalized group. Its just an extension of the support system you normally get from family but for families to get support. When the government fails to help or worse actively harm.
i would take the money and get the hell away from here
Let’s start somewhere else. I live in a pretty wealthy town. Playgrounds and greenery literally everywhere.
I would build housing first units in every major town center. End homelessness effectively and humanely.
Trams, Metro and bicycle lanes. Like everywhere. Also central heating.
I create a Planet B. Total opposite of this Planet A. People first, second and third. No borders. No discrimination. No money. Back to the origins.
Soft play centre and something for the bigger kids, maybe start up scouts or something. Not sure about what for the adults, but some cheap/free 3rd spaces. Theres just nothing any more. Couple pubs for the adults but people cant afford it multiple times a week, and you shouldn’t be drinking that much anyway.
I’d kill billionaires
That’s not alot of money anymore.
Around me, the biggest issues are homelessness and drug use. Millions won’t solve either but could put a bigger dent, long term, in the housing issue.
I think I’d build a bunch of low cost houses, in the sub $100k range if possible. They wouldn’t be mansions by any stretch but it might put a dent in the housing market.
Yeah, to a modern urban government, millions are a pet project, it’s when you start saying what portion of a billion it is that it’s a real line item
That said, to a rural government the mayor can break the finances of a town for years by buying new fire trucks before the old ones need replaced. At least according to a rural mayor I spoke to at a party years ago.
Education
Solar panels
Banning fox news
Third spaces
If you had asked me this 15 years ago, I’d probably describe a housing complex with low rent and with on-site grocery store, post office, liquor store, and other amenities.
shit’s gotten quite fucked since then.
Today, my answer is guns and ammunition.
Today, my answer is guns and ammunition.
Are you… are you suggesting we kill all the poor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE
I’m suggesting arm the poor and kill the rich.
Hear, hear.
