wealth inequality

But we're told Warren Buffet is the good kind.

He's one of the best billionaires. He wants to be taxed more for the betterment of all. Bill Gates does a lot of good with his foundation.
#BUT.
That's like referring to the "best" serial killer, and I mean that comparison. Billionaires shouldn't even exist, much less be admired and have outsized fame and influence. Every single one is a policy failure and every single one was formed from exploited workers (who actually contribute to society). Billionaires are parasites...
- That's either not fair to serial killers, or highly complimentary to serial killers, considering the most "successful" serial killers in history can't hold a candle to a single healthcare insurance corporation, for example.
  I'm sure some of them would have loved to be mentioned in the same breath as those who industrialized murder.
  Or do you think most would be offended, since they were hipster, artisinal murderers who took pride in the craft of murder only to be outdone by high volume mass production?
- Bill Gates Foundation does some good. His foundation is mostly a gigantic tax shelter though. For him, it's like an unlimited IRA. Society would be better if he simply had less money, less influence, and less control.
  He's also one of the most highly associated with Epstein. His wife divorcing him after the Epstein records leaked.
- He wants to be taxed more for the betterment of all.
  That's why all the biggest and most well-financed lobbyist firms are advocating for a high marginal tax rate. That's why big think tanks have been churning out white papers and bombarding the airwaves with pro-tax policy. I can't turn on my AM radio without some paid shill telling me my taxes aren't high enough.
  It's so bizarre that none of this has worked. I thought for sure billionaires had more influence than this. I guess Mr. Buffet is just a small bean me.
- The overwhelming majority of contribution in society comes from the working class.
  Taking money and then giving it back is the bare fucking minimum a person can do. It's like taking the whole cake and then giving back a thin slice. Hardly commendable.
- Every time a beggar asks for money, he gives it, until he has no more to give
  Why would the rich man ever run out? Wealth isn't merely a pile of currency, it is a collection of wealth producing assets.
  A man who collects $1000/day in rents will never have less than $1000/day to give to beggers.
  The harder question to answer is why some of us pay others for the privilege of accessing public goods.

The system is working as intended.

If you don't like it.... Well, Luigi set an example there.

GL HF.

Yup.

Open the rich like tauntauns
Live inside them
Housing crisis solved

Issues with this post/CNN article:

1 - Where is Mark Zuckerberg in the photo? He is currently the 3rd richest.

2 - The article is a year old - Musk's net worth has went up $223 billion just in calendar year 2024 alone.
So, the article is technically right (fortunes have more than doubled) but some billionaires have tripled or more.

Wealth of billionaires almost 5 years ago - Jan 1, 2020

Wealth of billionaires today - Dec 27, 2024

Just in that 5 year period Elon Musk went from $27 billion to $452 billion!
Zuckerberg almost tripled and Larry Ellison almost quadrupled!
Other non-top 5 billionaires like Michael Dell went from $30 billion to $127 billion!
Jensen Huang (founder of NVIDIA) went from $5.73 billion to $120 billion! - so his wealth multiplied by a factor of more than 20!

All of those gains posted above happened in a short 5 year period. So, saying billionaires have doubled
their net worth is technically accurate but it's not showing you the insanity of what's really going on.

Surely completely unrelated statistics.

So who's going to have the balls for the job?

Not a meme.

Yeah, this is just pointing out the problem.
It is actually:
Meme - noun
an idea that is passed from one member of society to another, not in the genes but often by people copying it
Other cultures have similar versions of this meme.
the political and cultural memes of the 21st century
an image, a video, a piece of text, etc. that is passed very quickly from one internet user to another, often with slight changes that make it humorous
an internet meme/a blog meme
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/meme
It's a meme in the same sense that some SCPs are described as memetic. Being humorous is not a requirement, though it is often the intention.
- By Dawknin’s original definition (cultural) memes are ideas, behaviors, styles, or practices that spread within a culture by imitation (Greek mimema, meaning “imitated”) and carry symbolic meaning. Some examples would be the “Keep Calm And Carry On” posters during WW2, the concept of the “American Dream” or toasting with glasses.
  However in this context we’re talking about internet memes which is not synonymous with cultural memes. An internet meme is a picture or video that is funny, ironic, or relateable.

Infinite pie evangelists in shambles.

That money has to come from somewhere.

Hey, look! It's me! I'm a statistic now!