• chosensilence@pawb.social
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    7 days ago

    imagine the state of the world if $3.5T had been used for our planet and its people over the years. this shouldn’t just make people mad it should enrage and sicken everybody. three trillion is enough money to fix and/or control every major preventable issue facing humanity and these greedy scumsucking motherfuckers hide it for themselves with the intent to never touch it. they just want the number to be big.

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      And we let them. It’s up to us to stop them.

      We are already living in unprecedented times, and we are rapidly approaching a crossroads. The Sociopathic Oligarchs are well-aware of this and are well-prepared for it. Most other people don’t even realize it’s happening.

      Sociopathic Oligarchs are already so rich, they are starting to make decisions, and cut deals, as if they are a country themselves. When they start hitting Trillionaire status, they definitely will start behaving like they are their own countries, and then they will be in competition with other nations.

      Eventually, some will form an alliance, take over some landmass or island, and build their own military, and create their own country, and start causing problems.

      It is only a matter of time.

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      Well this would be 3.5T times whatever the tax rate was (probably different for different people unless it was just a Americans). But even if it’s just one trillion, that could be used to drive a lot of change.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    Shell companies registered in Nevis Island, which doesn’t keep records of who owns which company after they set it up, so they say.

    Invade that island, lock all those businesses, and watch the billionaires cry.

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      Well, or they just go something very similar in the us, just with a layer or two of obfuscating. They literally failed to close one of the big loopholes that makes us one of the biggest “tax havens” just a few years ago…