• Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    I wonder what would happen. Let’s say 10,000 people.

    Let’s say some extremist, highly organized group manages to successfully assassinate the 10,000 richest people in the world, and then disappears without a trace.

    I’m guessing those people would all be succeeded by their next of kin. Would that cause a wave of change or…?

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      42 minutes ago

      You’re correct. It would cause some disruption and a lot of joy, but system would continue. It need to be overthrown entirely and new one built. That is, proletarian revolution is needed.

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    10 hours ago

    I’ve seen this meme a while ago and I saw someone saying he wants to run over the billionaires back and forth to make sure they’re dead and I deeply agree with that.

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    13 hours ago

    Put a sniper on top of the cart in case the switchman gets bought out. Ain’t taking no chances.

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    15 hours ago

    A little billionaire cocktail math for you. Each billionaire emits in the neighbourhood of 1 million times more CO2 than the average person. So you streetcar just 3000 or so billionaires and that’s the equivalent of reducing the earth’s population by about 3 billion. Can’t really think of anything greener

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    8 hours ago

    Lest we forget, trolley tracks are electrified sogo ahead and let ol jg gotrox step on one

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      Exactly. There’s no moral dillema here. I’m keeping the switch in the “left” position and welding it in place, just in case.