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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine how good one would be off if we had just 1 or 2 million in the bank..... apples would be like 5 bucks each but it would be nice for a good month. But anyway like how do we get say 500 bucks a week and they get 20,000? Or 3,000,000? Like how does that even make sense to anyone?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 16 hours ago

meRitOcRAcY, they wOrKed sO HaRd

[–] Bremmy@lemmy.ml 8 points 23 hours ago

Time to return to monk

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 128 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You and me baby aint nothing but mamals, so lets lead a revolution like on discovery channel

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 15 points 23 hours ago

This song has to be taken in the context of its time. You see, discovery channel used to air documentaries and animal shows.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Hehe I like you

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

like and share if u would beat a billionare with a metal pole

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

I'd use a thin bamboo stick first, that shit leaves a stinging burn sensation on the skin

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I had the opportunity for some street justice on a billionaire I wouldnt fucking hesitate. That said, it would change jack shit. His wealth just passes to the next asshole.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In a hypothetical world where billionaires cannot go outside a security perimeter for fear of their lives, how soon would we see people refusing the inheritance or donating massive portions?

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -1 points 22 hours ago

Can he trust his cook if it's a brown person? 🤮

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would change things if it becomes systemic. If they learn to be scared of being a billionaire, maybe they'd be less likely to want to become one.

[–] quicksand@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think they'd just hire more security. They have the money for it.

Edit: I agree with your sentiment though

[–] gimsy@feddit.it 6 points 1 day ago

It is enough to have one person doing the inside job, but this will escalate too and... welcome to modern Russia

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you know, chimps don't have remote killing drones, armored vehicles, or nuclear weapons.

Well human do, and its usually not the average person that have posession of those things.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Average military pay is like 2100/month so I guess if the dudes in charge of the nukes/drones/tanks decide to stop getting cucked by business interests it would probably be fine.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or decide not to kill their relatives. Like in previous revolutions ;)

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That doesn't always happen, look at the massacres in South Korea before the end of the dictatorship.

The numbers on wikipedia are lower than actual numbers as questioning them could literally get you executed until the 90s. For example the official number for the Gwangju uprising is 165, but the city recorded an extra 2300 deaths above historical averages for May. That doesn't include thousands who were arrested, many of whom sentenced to death.

The government ordered the soldiers to shoot the protesters, and they did, and hardly anyone knows about it today.

Indonesia is also worth looking at.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago

Every healthy economy has a robust guillotine maintenance capability.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Nature is wise

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago
[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is honestly the reason why I don't think we can achieve a successful uprising anymore. Probably not a nuke, but drones definitely could and would be used to tear through even the largest of mobs if they formed today. Marie Antoinette would be happily eating her cake watching her people get mowed down by autonomous turrets if the French revolution happened today.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 23 hours ago

If it comes to that, which hopefully it doesn't, we should remember lessons from Vietnam and Iraq. The US Military might be massively overpowered, but it can still struggle against a well-organized insurgency.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

IMO we are probably on the brink of the last possible society that can on a technical level. I would say, nukes, and even drone bombs etc.... are unlikely to be utilized, simply due to collateral damage, infrastructure damage etc....

However, things like the boston dynamics spot etc... We're probably a decade away from when 1 person can control an army of perfectly loyal soldiers.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Unless they're maintaining the software themselves, there's no such thing as perfectly loyal. In the past the revolutionaries needed to capture the armory, now they need to capture / subvert the servers / programmers.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Well we're obviously in the right place for that

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

Oh shit this just got a lot more cyberpunk lol. Now I'm picturing Boston Dynamics robots being hacked by anti-fascist black hats...

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

It's true... but with all things it's a matter of quantity of people you need to be loyal... IE one commander who agrees with the cause, vs 100 soldiers that could talk about it.

Plus, it's far easier to grow a concience on the field looking in the eyes of the children you are murdering, vs sitting in a computer or robot lab having no "need to know" what these robots do when they leave your office

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If it's got that kind of capability, it can be hacked.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 day ago

Naw it's white folk that want to get their magic cards

[–] exothermic@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Naw. He can’t afford to lose cheap labor

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

lose ~~cheap~~ chimp labor.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Once they have AI bots it's game over.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's alright, given the current performance of Blue Origin it'll take him a decade or two to get the missile working.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

to get the missile working

If you know what I mean..

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago

Not enough HGH in the world...

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Eat the rich lol