DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoDo you think you can become a benevolent dictator without ever getting corrupted or turn evil?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up13
arrow-up13message-squareDo you think you can become a benevolent dictator without ever getting corrupted or turn evil?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWith my dictatorial powers … my first action would be to seize and outlaw extreme wealth. No one would be allowed to own more than $1 million. All the money collected would be used for government and providing a Universal Basic Income for everyone. And I’d get a designer to make me a big fancy hat.
minus-squaretired_n_bored@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThe shortest dictatorship in history…
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoThat is increadibly hard to do. How do you define what goes into that 1 million of allowed wealth? If I buy a house worth 950000, would I only be allowed to save 50000. what about if the house increase in value so that it is worth 2 million, should I just accept that I loose 1 million? What about stocks? Inflation or Deflation, when/how will you update that limit?
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoRemove housing from the commodity market - save your one mil in cash. Stocks are outlawed.
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI agree with your take on this. I think 1M is way too low. But 1 Billion… It’s a bit easier to imagine the “you can’t or the dictatorship will seize something” idea. The reality is that the wealthiest people usually influence the most
With my dictatorial powers … my first action would be to seize and outlaw extreme wealth. No one would be allowed to own more than $1 million.
All the money collected would be used for government and providing a Universal Basic Income for everyone.
And I’d get a designer to make me a big fancy hat.
The shortest dictatorship in history…
That is increadibly hard to do.
Remove housing from the commodity market - save your one mil in cash.
Stocks are outlawed.
I agree with your take on this. I think 1M is way too low. But 1 Billion… It’s a bit easier to imagine the “you can’t or the dictatorship will seize something” idea.
The reality is that the wealthiest people usually influence the most