Invest in NFTs?

Great point.

If we all just collectively decided to eat the top one every week, the problem would just sort itself out after a month or so.

You think it happens with violence? Look what the french revolution led to. 100 more years of imperial rule and the most deadly war in European history. Look at what the Russian revolution led to, the USSR. The Chinese revolution.

Now look at how anarchist societies/groups emerged in history. Cooperation and mutual aid. The violence was for the most part defensive.

The only people who think violence is the answer, are the ones with superficial understanding of history who are suffering from Duning Kruger effect. Violent revolutions always lead to authoritarian's grabbing power and kick starting oppressive regimes.

Today is the parent of tomorrow. The present casts it's shadow far into the future. (...) Revolution that divests itself of ethical values thereby lays the foundation of injustice, deceit, and oppression for the future society. The means used to prepare the future become it's cornerstone. - Emma Goldberg

The five wealthiest people who show up on the lists.

That link is far too specific. This one gets the point across much more clearly.

Where’s that worthless piece of dickskin Larry Ellison?

you forgot to append the #Against anchor.

it should be depressing many people still don't comprehend the problem with compulsory larceny.

It would take more than 4-5 occurrences. Inheritance is a thing.

I don't disagree in principle. But pragmatically, while a wealth tax is an imperfect system for wealth redistribution, it's still realisable on meaningful timescales. It can be done while working to achieve true horizontalidad.

Easy

Just hang them after their wealth is redistributed.

How?

By removing the financial power that people who hoard wealth hold.

That can happen while building new, non-heirarchical systems.

That financial power is lobbying, enabled by taxation (us anarchists righteously call it «larceny»), that hoards wealth for the state…

That can happen while building new, non-heirarchical systems.

How…

They will stop once we have eaten a few of them.

Fucking nauseating

Oh I just now realized that you're calling taxes, "compulsory larceny". Literally just "tax is theft" with a pseudointellectual patina.

Lol ok bud. Go live on SeaLand or some shit

Wait, taxes can now be voluntary?
’Cause mutual aid is something we praxis, but being threatened with violence for not complying to your burglary is “pseudointellectualism”?

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but trillionaires should be forced to transition into billionaires, and billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

That financial power is lobbying, enabled by taxation (us anarchists righteously call it «larceny»), that hoards wealth for the state…

Yes, I've seen you keep using the word "larceny". Taxation serves multiple functions, including maintaining the stability of the currency.

Right now Elon Musk has more personal wealth than the projected 2026 GDP of 197 nations (as found on the Worldometer page of GDP by Country). In absolute terms he has more lobbying power than a majority of nation states. This is not desirable, equitable or justifiable under any ethical framework I can think of.

Do I think taxation is desirable? No, especially not in financial systems not based on fiat money. Would I support a wealth tax that would result in removing this power from Musk, or any other person with inordinate personal wealth, while we operate in a financial system that is based on fiat money? Yes.

That can happen while building new, non-heirarchical systems.

How…

As an action in parallel with other activities that actively build horizontal systems, I consider it beneficial to remove that power from the few individuals that hold it.

stability of the currency

Backed by debt, which is theft…

Would I support a wealth tax that would result in removing this power from Musk, or any other person with inordinate personal wealth, while we operate in a financial system that is based on fiat money? Yes.

The wealth he obtained through subsidized projects with ’s taxes… Taxing him, through his lobby, is only going to making him richerer…

parallel with other activities that actively build horizontal systems, I consider it beneficial to remove that power from the few individuals that hold it.

… … How do you think those few individuals hold lobby power?

Fine, we have established your opposition to a wealth tax in order to remove the power Musk holds via his wealth.

How would you recommend dealing with the specific threat that Musk having this financial power represents?

Total assets, bonds, loans, stock and subsidies forfeiture, and reminting coins by Congress, and only Congress.

I am still unsure how will ever pay the debts owed to the Federal Reserve. Maybe make usury illegal again?

They will be stopped by Democratic process (lol) or by an undemocratic one.

For now they still have the power of choice. I wonder how much longer that will be true.

I think he only cares about this half-imaginary number being big as possible. He tried the politics/power thing for a bit but I feel it's clear that wasn't for him. He doesn't want to be on stage and talked about, those are just consequences of his real want. Everyone else that are even remotely close to him in that use way more to bribe, control and change things for their views.

No, trying to sound smart by using big words was the pseudointellectual part.

"Taxes are theft" is just the stupid bullshit I believed when I was 12 years old.

Then either you're highly confused what /c/ you're in, or you really believe we should gulag you for the community’s sake.
You can't be anarchist and want to rob people. Those are incompatible practices.

Triple checked, “12 year old dictionary friendly words.”

They will not.

Then, we will say "we have not eaten enough of you and we are still very hungry caterpillars."

If you can still speak to them, they will not stop.

You forget yourself sir. I would be addressing my peers in such a context. I do not speak to food.

I don't get why you're being downvoted. No reasoning being given back. People flock to violent revolution without considering if it even leads to what we want in the first place.

This is an anarchist space so I expect reasoning if a proposal is being rejected.