• bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year 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·
        1 year 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·
        1 year 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