Americans are souring on the wealthy, calling them to task amidst surging inequality.
  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
    15·
    3 months ago

    “The five richest men’s worth has skyrocketed by 114% since 2020”

    Wow.

    It’s testament to billionaire ownership that there’s no question on the poll about guillotines.

    I don’t think guillotines are a good or desirable solution, but I think our five richest men becoming aware that it’s a big real option on the path they’re currently on is a part of the solution.

  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
    13·
    3 months ago

    “People are understandably fed up with struggling to get by and being unable to cover their basic needs while billionaires flaunt unimaginably lavish lifestyles,” Rebecca Riddell, policy lead for economic and racial justice at Oxfam America, told Fortune. “Runaway wealth concentration at the very top and persistent poverty are two sides of the same coin, so it’s no surprise that we’re seeing increasing awareness of that troubling dynamic.”

    What’s more, most Harris Poll respondents—58%—blamed billionaires for accelerating inflation. Some 62% agreed that “America has become a backyard” for said rich people. While many (46%) Americans don’t believe in limiting wealth, even more suggest taxing the rich (69%). Younger adults are at the forefront of this movement, with 80% of Gen Zers in favor of taxing the wealthy.

    • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
      84·
      3 months ago

      Nah, Capitalism is continuing to decline and stretch itself too thin, it’s nearing the breaking point.

      • Orbituary@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        3 months ago

        Yeah. That’s the attitude. Wait for it to collapse instead of doing something.

        • hotelbravo722@slrpnk.net
          2·
          3 months ago

          There is not much anyone can do TBH. Too much of the social/political/monetary systems we currently live in have exponential growth baked into their values. It’s incredibly hard to turn that around. Now there is work being done on building a different economic system but its anyone’s guess if the current system will bend itself into that direction or it just breaks and the new system fills the void. But either way capitalism is dying and there is no hope of saving it.