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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Almost every problem in the world would be dealt with meaningfully if we outlawed billionaires. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by ininewcrow to c/[email protected]

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Everytime I look at small problems or big global problems, if you follow the money trail, it all leads to some billionaire who is either working towards increasing their wealth or protecting their wealth from decreasing.

Everything from politics, climate change, workers rights, democratic government, technology, land rights, human rights can all be rendered down to people fighting another group of people who defend the rights of a billionaire to keep their wealth or to expand their control.

If humanity got rid of or outlawed the notion of any one individual owning far too much money than they could ever possibly spend in a lifetime, we could free up so much wealth and energy to do other things like save ourselves from climate change.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I think billionaries are a symptom, not a cause, of the disease.

Some people are born in positions where they already have massive wealth and they grow up with connections to make it larger and larger. So that's what they do.

But the real issue is the system that keeps everyone in debt for life. Many would like to stop working and enjoy their lives instead. They don't need much. Just don't want to work and get by with decent living standard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Yeah OP needs to spend more time with poor people. People are no better than billionaires on average, billionaires just get all the media attention.

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