When understanding the mindset of the (I would argue) the vast majority of the 0.01%, remember:
- It’s never enough.
- It’s not about having a lot, it’s about making sure everyone else has a lot less.
- The cruelty is the point.
Nah dude. It’s not as complicated as that.
It’s the same mentality that your neighbor has… I don’t have enough because someone else has slightly more than me. Tony across the street got the new car… so I should get a newer and better one than him!
The .01% only hang out with each other, and they compete with each other. And they get jealous when their buddy has a cooler nuclear bunker than them, so they need that extra 10 million this year to ugprade their bunker.
They are not evil, they are just people. And you’d behave exactly the same way in their situation. It’s how we are wired, to be stupid selfish jealous monkeys. You don’t exist to them, they are not thinking about you, only about themselves.
Same thing when you go to your town meeting and your elderly neighbors are screaming bloody murder at their taxes going up $50 this year because they think children should go to school in unheated buildings.
It’s not as complicated as that.
I agree that it’s more complicated than “It’s how we are wired, to be stupid selfish jealous monkeys.”
And they get jealous when their buddy has a cooler nuclear bunker than them, so they need that extra 10 million this year to upgrade their bunker.
As I said, “it’s never enough”.
And you’d behave exactly the same way in their situation.
No, I’m willing to bet everything I have that I would not behave the same way.
You don’t exist to them, they are not thinking about you, only about themselves.
What I’m asserting is that cruelty is an inherent trait to the sociopathic avarice required to hoard that level of wealth. The addiction isn’t about wealth or material possession anymore, it’s power over other people.
Most neuro-normative higher primates work together and are very socially conscious (see: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haight and The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley). They work together the most synchronously and with the most ardent fervor when deposing a perceived unjust tyrant in their group, coincidentally to our discussion.
Plutocrats may not even be consciously aware of it, and they wouldn’t admit it even if they were, but it’s always about control. Cruelty is the point because it’s a vehicle (i.e., modus operandi) by which they maintain control, and get their high; as Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”
Sociopathic bullies get a huge dopamine hit off of successful manipulation, don’t feel remorse, and in a post-apocalyptic hellscape, they would kill to ensure they’re in charge of an empire of scrap.
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How about Jeff Bezos fucks off?
I’m sure that Bezos will require that “work from home” is not allowed in any of his leases.
or perhaps lease PRIME will, for a fee, let you work from your rental.
I think corporations should be limited to owning a small quantity of sfh. Maybe a dozen unless they can show a compelling reason such as housing for employees.
Sfh are meant for families.
Brb, going to set up 100 LLCs to each own a dozen single-family homes.
You don’t place the limit on the company you place the limit on the region. Just like zoning often requires a certain amount of green space you write regulations that only 10-25% of all single family homes can be owned by corporations.
Just scale the tax, it’s so fucking easy to fix. But if they wait it’ll become a giant problem where some awful company or groups of company will fail and break the economy for a while etc etc.
All you have to do is scale the tax. 1 house normal tax rate. 2 houses 2x tax rate on all properties. 3 houses 3x the tax rate on all properties.
Numbers probably need adjusting but that keeps things reasonable, even for small landlords you can scale it so its fair and keeps properties local and even a good investment vehicle for individuals but prevent it from becoming an exploitive market by giants corps.
Trump changed salt for personal taxes. Just make the rules cover corporations as well. I got fucked in salt
Sure would be a shame if we got candidates for governing bodies that would actually do something about this.
I looking to run anyone want help support my bud for office. Definitely will want to put a stop to this kind of stuff.
