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Originally Posted By u/Grand_Quiet_4182 At 2025-05-13 07:31:43 PM | Source

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The left figured that out a while ago, but the powerful few on the right figured out how to shift the US further and further right over time via bribes and "news" media (who are also bribed to push a narrative).

Turns out when you allow people to have that kind of power (in this case via wealth), they will do everything they can to seize as much power as they can, because power is like a drug to sociopaths who want to control people.

So we need to prevent that kind of power from ever being obtained. I like the idea to force all corporations to become worker-owned coops (which will also abolish the stock market as only the workers can own stocks of their company), to have a hard wealth cap of $50m, and to provide all basic necessities to everyone free of charge, paid for by taxdollars. This would also have the effect of removing the reserve army of labor (homeless people) by making them (and everyone else) more comfortable and less desparate, so people won't be reliant on wages to simply survive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

If we had a family member or a neighbor who obsessively hoarded dozens of cats, or filled up rooms with newspapers and pizza boxes, or kept putting busted up cars in the backyard, we would have them mentally evaluated.

But if they hoard wealth beyond what they or their descendants could ever spend, they are considered successful businesspeople to be respected, admired, and emulated. In reality, they are out-of-control hoarders, and the first thing that needs to happen is to remove the item that is the focus of their OCD - their money.