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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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The biggest problem here is trying to use a utopian solution for a systemic issue, and doing so based on vibes. Whether that number be 1 billion, 200 million, or 100 billion, the working class has no power to enact that without destroying the Capitalist state that gives the Capitalists dictatorial power over the system itself, and replacing the state with a working class state. It doesn't matter if it would be better to have less obscenely wealthy individuals or not if there are no levers to pull within the system created and run to support them and their interests.
This doesn't really add anything to the conversation. I, and I assume anyone here interacting with this content, know that things don't just change based on Internet conversations. So... What's your point? Are you offering levers to pull within legal boundaries? Or are you just stating "we need to change society by changing society or we'll never change society!", cause again I don't think that's useful.
As I already said, the working class needs to overthrow the state and replace it with a working class state. This is accomplished through organizing, such as what the Party for Socialism and Liberation is already doing quite effectively. The reason I take issue with OP's measures and methods is because they focus on working within the existing system, and appealing to the lowest denominator of the megawealthy as though their financial power can topple the .1%. In reality, the working class has far more power, and the will to carry it through, and that power is through force of numbers and effective organization.