The world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won't be eradicated for another 229 years, report finds

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The world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won't be eradicated for another 229 years, report finds
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It only makes sense that we collectively eat the first trillionaire.

Tbh I'd guess that it's unlikely that we'll have a trillionaires at all. Hiding wealth will become easier and easier and I don't think anyone wants that rep in "eat the billionaires" sort of public climate.

I agree about hiding wealth and all that, but is the public climate actually "eat the billionaires?" Because I basically only see that in left-wing spaces. Normies still seem to be doing a ton of boot licking tbh. I do live in a pretty conservative area though so maybe that's biased?

Speaking anecdotally, I'm pretty sure you're right on that one. In my circle of (millenial / lefty) friends it's basically seen as common sense. Among the average person I interact with, however, such as at work, it's seen as a fringe idea. And I'm not even advocating for eating them in the revolutionary sense - just taxing the rich in a way that doesn't allow any one person/family to horde egregious amounts of wealth to the point that they can unduly influence society with their power.

And I'm not even advocating for eating them in the revolutionary sense

I really thought you were going to go with "but in a culinary sense".

We should have eaten the first billionaire. If we stay eating people we definitely didn't stop as long as there are any billionaires.