Need a full March Madness style bracket. Musk is a clear front runner, but Zuck could give him a run for his money. Any of the Ellisons could be a dark horse.
Had me thinking hypotheticals, that (even before jumping to executions) if there was just an ancient Greek style 10-year ostracism and/or seizure of property that people vote on, it might compel CEOs to start behaving more in the public interest.
But the cynic in me can’t help but feel that it would more likely lead to the CEOs who control the media getting to collectively determine who gets to be that year’s fall guy, running non-stop hit pieces on them while covering up their own misdeeds.
Yeah… the thing about actually implementing something like this is you actually need to seize power first because obviously the ruling class isn’t going to just go along with their own torment. And if you’ve already seized power, you can skip the games and straight up take all their money and spend it on public goods.
We should make a public holiday, “guillotine a CEO day”, and each year, the public chooses their least favorite CEO, and they get guillotined.
Every year, take the 500 wealthiest people and…
Need a full March Madness style bracket. Musk is a clear front runner, but Zuck could give him a run for his money. Any of the Ellisons could be a dark horse.
The entire Ellison family is made up of wildcards. The Sackler family is full of heavyweights too
Had me thinking hypotheticals, that (even before jumping to executions) if there was just an ancient Greek style 10-year ostracism and/or seizure of property that people vote on, it might compel CEOs to start behaving more in the public interest.
But the cynic in me can’t help but feel that it would more likely lead to the CEOs who control the media getting to collectively determine who gets to be that year’s fall guy, running non-stop hit pieces on them while covering up their own misdeeds.
Yeah… the thing about actually implementing something like this is you actually need to seize power first because obviously the ruling class isn’t going to just go along with their own torment. And if you’ve already seized power, you can skip the games and straight up take all their money and spend it on public goods.