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America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why advocate for structural changes when we can meme fedpost about a violent solution?

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Redistributing the wealth of billionaires is already part of a good structural change, it'll remove from them power they'd use to continue the exploitation of the people. You can substitute "crush" by destitute and incarcerate them if you'd prefer, as long as the wealth isn't on the hands of the few anymore.