At which point people won't afford their products and they'll have to concede. Or, better option, push everyone into FOSS operating systems and renew interest enough in Ubuntu Touch, Postmarket OS, or any of the mobile Linux distros to see widespread divestation from Google, Apple, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. Nothing but good comes from taxing the rich.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

At which point people won’t afford their products and they’ll have to concede.

We've got a century's worth of data that proves you wrong.

Or, better option, push everyone into FOSS operating systems and renew interest enough in Ubuntu Touch, Postmarket OS, or any of the mobile Linux distros to see widespread divestation from Google, Apple, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.

Bwahahahahaha. ahem. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.

Nothing but good comes from taxing the rich.

Nothing but good comes from taxing the rich, and making it stick. You have to enforce the law. Without regulations and oversight, the situation won't change in any positive direction.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nothing but good comes from taxing the rich, and making it stick.

Which is why we need a message unity at a scale of global import. You deeply underestimate peoples' capacity for understanding. People don't miss that which is stolen from them, until they realise it's gone. The same, is true of privacy. Once the implications are broadly understood, we will rally. We are not cattle, we are the poets, we are the artists. We are the dreamers of dreams.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't underestimate people's capacity for understanding, I accurately estimate their energy to get out and do something about it. Everyone knows they're fucked. No one has the strength to stand.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Well, I guess you're just a practical loser them.

[–] Rivalarrival 1 points 6 days ago

Nothing but good comes from taxing the rich, and making it stick.

It doesn't even have to "stick", so long as the strategies available for them to avoid the taxes are beneficial.

When they are forced to turn around and spend their excessive revenue on good and services, they are putting people to work, creating paychecks, instead of padding their portfolios.