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Unfortunately they would quickly be replaced by their heirs who would continue to employ the same business people to manage their empires. We need to change the system at the root, not just chop off the top.

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But if we kept going I’m sure they’d get the message at some point

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There are two ways to kill a plant, and one is much more efficient and effective than the other.

Also when comparing fear of violence against fear of government regulation (and federal prison), one is much more civilized and moral while accomplishing the same goal.

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fear of violence

so it’s fine for poor people to not only fear systemic violence, but experience it daily, but gods forbid the handful of people in charge of said system who are actively and deliberately inflicting violence and death on millions if not billions of people the globe daily, and for posterity, and for their own benefit, fear some violent self defence…

Violence against poor people: you sleep
Violence against our rich overlords: real shit

The level of bootlicking is gross…

government regulation (and federal prison)

how’s that been working out? (hint: it isn’t, because capitalism cannot be reformed, by design. And the point of eat the rich isn’t to just keep killing them, it’s to give them the option to end their exploitative system and give up their power for the benefit of society at large, and when they refuse, because they will, make that decision for them. Once the system is abolished any “heirs”, and former rich people who realise they’d rather live as equals to others than die filthy rich, will have no power to take the “top” position again, because there will be no top position, nor will they have any resources to try with).

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Also most folks would be happy to take their place, and are just jealous it isn’t them.

Only a very dedicated and focused fraction of the population would begin treating it down from the top of donating all their new wealth.

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