• bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee
    4·
    8 months ago

    Basically. If we all decide at once to ignore their “wealth”. Bam. They are no longer wealthy and their power goes poof.

    Unless they have a private army of drones of course.

    • xenoclast@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      Threat of violence is the core of all power. Even wealth is just a way to account for how much you can leverage violence over another.

    • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      or I think the desire to earn personal assets of that level should really be classified as a mental disease, like gambling addiction. And be treated accordingly