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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

My OCD wonders if they factored in having to assassinate the heirs of the CEOs who immediately become billionaires, recursively until every fortune has been divvied up so many ways nobody has a billion anymore. Cuz that would be necessary if you really want to "run out" of billionaires, and would also mean you advocate executing children for inheriting a lot of money. This does require thinking beyond the simple meme, but go ahead - you can do it!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unlike royalty the transfer of wealth isn't instant so if you work fast enough you can achieve a brief window when there are no billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wealthy people likely have a living trust and the next trustee picks up immediately without needing time-consuming procedures like probate.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People might be reluctant to assume possession of billions if people were murdering/ systematically killing billionaires. So, it might be achieved relatively quickly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sure you can have the infinite money stone. All you have to do is make it past everyone who will suffer to power it, there’s a lot more of them than you and they are hungry

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Compare the number of size S body bags used every time the cops gather to watch another “mentally troubled loner” to the average number of immediate family over 18 size of each billionaire, kids would have a trust fund guardian you’d rather capture than kill. All in all you’d probably expend a lot less ammo for more benefit going top down. Hypothetically of course.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I wonder what that particular scenario's Gini coëfficient versus Cumulative Assassinations plot looks like. Sounds like the plot for a new season of Death Note.