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      Brian Thompson only had a net worth of $43m when he died.

      That is mere pocket change to the actual Billionaire class, where the three most wealthy individuals on this planet each extract $40m+ of interest on their net worth PER DAY.

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      Well first of all he’s entirely innocent. So jot that down.

      But if someone like Luigi had killed that CEO, that still wouldn’t be the same as a billionaire.

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        Holy cow and sacred broccoli.

        Kuru is a thing.

        Let’s not do that. Let’s put them to work. Proper work. Like plowing fields. By hand. Under the sun. From sun up to sun down.

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          I know many hungry dogs that would be fine with it

          In fact, billionaire dog chow sounds like a great treat.

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          Kuru happens when you eat brains, just don’t eat brains and you’ll be ok.

          I wouldn’t expect more value from their physical labor.

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      that’s the point, it can’t be just one. has to be at least two or three.

      After the first one they did get scared like you said. Even the health insurance companies got a bit scared and for a brief time they started “doing good”. briefly. then they waited. no one else got whacked. so it was back to the “norm”.

      You gotta cull a few of them in order for things to change.

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    Real shame we couldn’t get everybody to agree that a person is entitled to a bounty. Like take out a Billionaire, and you’re entitled to take like 2 million for every billion they were worth, and the rest is redistributed.

    I mean just putting the idea out there, and making them think even their secretary or cook might be thinking that 2m+ is looking pretty tasty. They’d live looking over their shoulders their whole life. Could literally be anybody, at anytime, including one of their guards.

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    Every year we wicker man the wealthiest person and their wealth gets used for social programs until poverty (i.e. food water shelter medical insecurities) is eliminated.

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      Billionaire Royale.

      One enters the danger zone at X dollar. They make money with speculation and interest, so they have to donate / get rid of it before the countdown stops.

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      Floating wealth cap. The richest person in the country is responsible for everyone’s health care. When their wealth is depleted to #2’s level, #2 starts sharing the load.

      Keep adding social programs until everyone is down to #1000’s level.

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      I like this, but let’s take the top ten and do a roulette type thing.

      Or maybe we make them compete. Maybe make it like some kinda whose line is it any improv, but with call-in voting. Or like Wipeout. (But still with the call in voting.)

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    As in literally eat one? Ew, I don’t want to get billionaire cooties

    Can we do something else instead?

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    Gross have you seen them? Imagin eating a musk burger…vomit. I’d rather the rat burger from Demolition man.