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If we killed all billionaires, would that destroy capitalism or would their money just get transferred to their successors? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, it wouldn't, for the same reason why the reactionary fantasy of simply killing all poor people would not result in a society in which everyone is well off. It is the system itself which reproduces the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth.

That being said, we could still do it as a purely recreational activity...