351
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] _chris@lemmy.world 109 points 2 weeks ago

We can skip the tax and straight to Luigi. Your call.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I've said that if I went out and they were guillotining billionaires I would say "Hey, I wanted to do this with progressive taxation, single-payer healthcare, and free daycare, but you just wouldn't compromise, so here we are!"

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 85 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

When I say "tax the rich" I absolutely do mean it with as much hate in my heart as any slur-shouting racist ever had.

The difference here is: The rich earned that hate.

Oh, and by the way, there are two options here...

  1. Tax the rich.

  2. Eat the rich.

Your choice, buddy. Which will it be?

[-] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

Shoot, I mean it with more aggression

[-] AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry, Richie Rich, but people don't get to choose their race. You, conversely, could have chosen not to be a soulless currency hoarder.

Nothing wrong with hating a person for things they did voluntarily.

[-] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Rich old white men's lives don't matter, from every poor white man dealing from your bullshit

load more comments (27 replies)
[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

So treating the rich like everyone else who is paying taxes is a “racial slur”.

When You’re Accustomed To Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression

[-] pipi1234@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

The interesting part for me, is that you can clearly infer from this that billionaires consider themselves a different race.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

They certainly consider themselves outside of society. Even the sociopath billionaire equivalents of the early previous century had beaten into them the understanding of civic duty and charity, so they built schools, libraries, and hospitals. Today’s billionaires have none of that other than a desire to lighten their tax load and donate in self-serving ways. They are truly parasites on society, they leech off of everyone and cause far more harm relative to the absolutely minuscule few jobs they might create - and even then the jobs only serve to make the billionaire richer.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Exactly. Even the most brutal lords and rulers understood that they needed to keep their populace placated somehow or there will be trouble.

The Italian warlords and nobility of the 15th and 16th centuries were some of the most monstrous, murderous bastards you've ever seen, but they also bankrolled much of the art that Renaissance Italy is famous for.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's easier to think of them as Lords and Ladies ruling by birthright.

[-] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

1780s France enters the chat

[-] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Taxing the rich isn't the solution, guillotines however.......

[-] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Guillotines are too 18th century. We can use woodchippers. Feet first!

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Just give all your money away and you won’t be a target of the slur.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

Listen pumpkin "tax the rich" is the last thin sliver that stands between you and what the rest of us really want. So take your pick.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Glad this guy is reminding us that the extremely wealthy can say shit so profoundly stupid you have to question their mental capacity. Really drives home that circumstances and greed can and do make stupid people rich.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Hang the rich, redistribute their wealth.

Better?

I was hurt by a racism in my worst place: my money.

[-] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

"Tax or axe, your choice."

[-] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

TAX THE RICH!

[-] caboose2006@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Tax the rich is the moderate position.

It's tax or eat.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

So being rich is a new race?

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago

Always has been

[-] BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

I disagree.

[-] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I agree. It is hateful. People hate your face and what your kind is doing to the world and to it's people.

Is it morally unjust though? Nope. You are the leeches of this world and unless forcibly removed you will destroy more and more lives, most likely the world.

Beint taxed fairly is the easy way.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Anyhow ... stiff shit. Pay your fucking taxes, you hoarding bastards.

[-] plz1@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Luigi has entered the chat

[-] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

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 billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Some slurs are worth speaking. "Beat the rich!", "Ax the rich!", and "Luigi time!" are wonderfully horrible things to say.

[-] hateisreality@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck his cracker ass....

[-] bomberesque@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck off no it's not

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

"please shoot me"

[-] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago
[-] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The rich can always get rid of their money and then they will be like everyone else. They don't have to be wealthy.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Wait till he hears what I want to do to the rich. He'll wish we were just taxing them.

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

"Honey, the government has raised taxes, we'll have to cut the yacht and only keep two homes. And the cabin, of course."

"I want a divorce"

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

the same people think pedophelia is the same as being part of lgtbq+ crowd.

[-] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The only minority it's ethical to discriminate against

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

The wealthy are one of the few groups for which bullying is allowed, and encouraged.

Also Anti-Vaxxers.

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago

Wait until he hears about "Eat the Rich."

[-] turdburglar@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

damn right. now pay your fuken share, jackass.

load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
351 points (100.0% liked)

Just billionaire things

250 readers
5 users here now

Post things your (least) fav billionaire does.

This used to be the Elon Musk sub, but in an attempt to boost engagement, we have engaged a new pathway.

You can post anything related to billionaires here.

Tags: Tesla, paypal, spaceX, neuralink, The Boring Company.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS