Honestly, people don’t realise just how little this makes any sort of difference.
A few weeks of the markets in a few particular places being a bit dry, if even that.
So fucking moronic letting this massive trade be ruled by criminals and actively using societies money for a war that is completely fucking useless.
Also, a very common one.
“Blew a raspberry.”
Raspberry tart, fart.
And who’s gonna change the laws when there’s no democracy and wealth almost directly translates to political power?
Billionaires can just go around national laws and stuff shit in tax havens. And when they get caught, it gets hushed up.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers
Moneys fucks people up. Trying to reason money out of the hands of billionaires is harder than convincing a jonesing crack addict to not hit a loaded pipe they’ve got in their hands.
Headline is tricksy, first mention of “asteroid” (referring to the small one) isn’t with the descriptor “massive”, but the second one is.
They just added the one that’s gonna miss so they could get “massive” in the headline.
Also, one can play around with asteroid impacts with this fun little tool.
https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/
Only goes down to 1m, so larger than what it was. Iron core and I put it to 100km/s (fastest you can in that, default being like 17km/s) dropped it in Siberia, and it blew up 53 km above the ground. Tried again with switching angle to straight down and…
The thing with billionaires is that they don’t live in any single legal framework.
Which is why it would be so crucial to actually imprison them to get them to see any sort of consequences, as otherwise they’ll just hop on a private jet and fuck off.
Literally no consequences for stealing the value of labour of hundreds of millions of people. It’s crazy.
We as humanity allow these people to exist. We could just decide we don’t. If we all do, simultaneously, and pinky-promise, then the problem would be dealt with.
But ever tried getting 8 billion people on a zoom call at the same time? Yeah…
What’s to stop them doing it all over again, given some starter money? Usually what makes these assholes so effective is their lack of empathy. That works well in capitalism.
White collar crime needs to start getting hard time in the same prisons that proper criminals go to. That’d be a deterrent, or a motivator to fix the prison systems.
Well fuck billionaires but papers can and trials can be wrong.
Like who’s to say she wasn’t a patsy?
I’m not saying she was, but how would you prove beyond any doubt that she wasn’t?
Probably this case is an open-and-shut case but my point is valid, I think.
You’re completely right.
However, I feel like I’d make an exception for people who massively contribute to an actual existential threat to humanity. Ie billionaires. All billionaires.
I’m not saying we should kill them. I’m saying we should use the possibility of that being on the table to make them pay their taxes. The entire planet is ruined by billionaires when we could literally everyone have enough to have our basic needs met while having an economy and industry which isn’t on track to make the planet uninhabitable for us, seeing as it’s the only planet known to support life.
Yes, all life is important. That’s why all life should be protected by making sure the planet doesn’t become one huge airfryer. If while doing that a few billionaires get guillotined, I’m honestly fine with it. I’d prefer they’d just actually help people instead of being selfish assholes, but if them being selfish assholes is putting everyone else in danger, then the choice is clear, no matter your views on the death penalty. (Which as you say, shouldn’t be a thing.)
Should be noted that in Norway it is not just for war, but rather any emergency like natural disasters or someone takes out critical infrastructure in a digital attack etc.
A digital attack would be an act of war, though, so…
So that’s a “yes, you can consider yourself better than the country I live in”?
Get fucking rekt. Like an Aussie has any right to say they’re better than the USA. Go find a Norwegian and you got a deal.
“Get rekt” implies you think there’s a game. I don’t consider conversations competitions, but I know a lot of young people come to forums for that sort of thing. Now, if there was a game board, I won, seeing as how you’re saying that Nordics can say they’re better than the USA. And I’m Nordic. So… it is your opinion that I should be allowed to hold myself as better than the USA, right?
You said something that was incorrect.
You might not want to take the L, but it doesn’t matter whether you accept it or not. You’ve still lost.
I have a no-blocking policy. Mama raised me with a spine.
One “I pointed out your mistake” later and you’re running with your tail tucked.
Get rekt.
So, to reiterate, like you promised, I’m allowed to act like my country is better than America?
Got a bit ashamed by me pointing out your mistake?
You also can’t see a road. There is some paving, but none that’s broken. That’s two puddles and a patch of snow. So yeah, this isn’t Australia. It’s summer in Australia, and it’s not exactly known for snow in the winter either.
You proposed a deal. I’m Nordic. Do I have the right to act as if we’re better than the US, as you promised?
I haven’t attempted to insult you. I apologise for you thinking I did. Idk what you perceived as one?
Just took that. Guess if it is from Australia or Scandinavia?
“Get rekt.”
Reasonable regulation is much further from fascism than what the diaper wearing clown who’s been elected president is gonna bring to bear.
Well that’s not going to work out.
Is it getting a bit serious?
Getting hard to dodge a direct question, and even you start feeling how awkward it is?
Are you pro-Russian and thus support crimes on humanity?
(As a sidenote, Lemmy is tiny, and I browse a lot. That browsing doesn’t include your profile.)
Do you believe Russia has broken international law with their illegal war of aggression by invading Ukraine in February 2022?
Also, your English needs work. I don’t think you understand the words you use.
I’d like to be “chief philanthropy officer” as well.