I’d be willing to run a science experiment where we eliminate those people and redistribute the wealth to the people, to determine its impacts on society. For science!
Until we change the things that allow them to accumulate that wealth it won’t do much. Just make things a small bit easier for a bit until they suck it back up again
I feel like this is sort of the collective problem humanity has. As soon as we do that reset, people will just say “🤷♂️ things are good now so why do we need to focus on changing anything? oh look this politician’s offering me a tax break”
Edit: that being said I would kill for a soft reset anyway
Stocks are easy to disperse. Non liquid assets can be repurposed for public benefit. The yacht is now a passenger ferry. The mansion is homeless housing. Etc etc
There would not longer be a concept of “profits” in this system but sort of yeah? A state made up of workers who democratically determine what should be produced and to what extent based on the known needs and capabilities of the population within the context of the long term consequences of production would be a good thing. The government wouldn’t “own companies” because the idea of a company would not exist. A percentage of the value produced by each worker would be theirs and the rest would go to social services instead of their employers personal wealth.
I’d be willing to run a science experiment where we eliminate those people and redistribute the wealth to the people, to determine its impacts on society. For science!
Until we change the things that allow them to accumulate that wealth it won’t do much. Just make things a small bit easier for a bit until they suck it back up again
We are in dire need of another soft reset though. There just isn’t enough room to maneuver change with the stranglehold they currently have.
I feel like this is sort of the collective problem humanity has. As soon as we do that reset, people will just say “🤷♂️ things are good now so why do we need to focus on changing anything? oh look this politician’s offering me a tax break”
Edit: that being said I would kill for a soft reset anyway
We can keep doing it every year. I don’t mind.
I think of that step two
I think even doing step 1 of your 2 step action plan would have measurable effect.
Most of the wealth is stocks. How would distribution stock, yachts, mansions going to help everyone?
Stocks are easy to disperse. Non liquid assets can be repurposed for public benefit. The yacht is now a passenger ferry. The mansion is homeless housing. Etc etc
That would do literally nothing for the people. That would help like .000001% of Americans, and who would pay for the upkeep?
Public ownership of production
So you think everyone sounds get a piece of profits and the government runs the company’s?
There would not longer be a concept of “profits” in this system but sort of yeah? A state made up of workers who democratically determine what should be produced and to what extent based on the known needs and capabilities of the population within the context of the long term consequences of production would be a good thing. The government wouldn’t “own companies” because the idea of a company would not exist. A percentage of the value produced by each worker would be theirs and the rest would go to social services instead of their employers personal wealth.