Thomas Paine Flair: “Fuck it. Communism. No one should have that much financial power.”
IMF Flair: “Nationalize Twitter.”
All thanks to Elon.
:melon-musk:
How about rich ass hole that control health care? Can you go communist on that?
The ancient Romans had it figured out - you can take away everything from people as long as you don’t touch their bread and circuses.
Very much recommend checking out Parenti’s talk on Ancient Rome. Gives a different viewpoint on the whole breads and circuses thing. Fascinating listen.
In ancient Rome, they’d tax you based on your assessment of the value of your household - OR they’d buy your estate from you at the price you told them it was worth~