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How about a secret society dedicated to calculating the de facto richest individual in the world every quarter, then judging them? The "winner" gets to live if
by logfromblammo 9y ago
How about a secret society dedicated to calculating the de facto richest individual in the world every quarter, then judging them? The "winner" gets to live if they are judged to be a net benefit to humanity, and is assassinated if they are not. Previous winners are periodically re-checked to make sure they haven't fallen off the wagon.
First the monarchs start to disappear, then the corrupt heads of state, and then rich people start spending their money to either escape the judgment, or to improve their public image in case they can't spend their way down to #2.
If you try to tax it away, the rich will just hide their wealth and then buy off the tax inspectors that go looking for it.
- skookumchuck 9y agoTrotsky's "iron broom" was their effort to get rid of the 1% and confiscate all their wealth. That didn't work out too well for anyone.
- horsemoney 9y agoSo, the richest guy in the world can pay off the taxmen, but not the assassins? You're vastly underestimating the IRA.
- logfromblammo 9y agoThat's why it's secret. If you don't know who to pay off, you have to pay off everybody. And if you do that, you're either not going to be richest any more, or you'll get a reprieve for your generosity and philanthropy.
- horsemoney 9y agofair enough: *guys