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Aspen Anti-Billionaire Society
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A community dedicated to spreading awareness of the negative impacts of the billionaire class, especially the 250 richest people on the planet
We believe that the existence of the 0.01% comes at a cost to the rest of us, even multi-millionaires, and hope to spread awareness of this problem among the 1% (who have the most resources to affect change)
All discussion and links related to wealth inequality and related activism are welcome. We hope that this community can serve as an easily accessible repository of information about wealth inequality
Please meet disagreement with civility so we can foster productive discourse
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See the stickied comment below for an explanation and statement of our purpose, based on simple back-of-the-napkin math
E: if someone could please link this community to r/aspen and r/roaringforkvalley I would greatly appreciate it. I’ve been IP banned by the all powerful AI mod monster, like many folks on Lemmy
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Does "Aspen" in this com's name refer to Aspen trees being connected at the root?
Aspen refers to the town of Aspen, CO, one of the richest towns on earth. I want to start a local organization with wider support to try and target the 1% and wealthier people in general, attempting to spread the message of the negative impact of billionaires on them and the rest of us. Hopefully so that we can have their support in capping the wealth of the richest 250 people in the world.
I hope this community more widely can serve as a place on lemmy to discuss wealth inequality in all ways, shapes, and forms!
You should definitely consider tapping into that symbolism then! I've always thought aspen leaves would be a great symbol for the American left