• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Free public transit and then a transition of car leasing businesses into public sector too so owning a car would be unnecessary and needed changes like switching to e-cars and building infrastructure goes smooth and according to general city planning. Regular commutes make people unequal in that it costs some people hours of life and a wad of cash to compete, and it’s possible to undo the latter and ease the first. It doesn’t sound like a non-issue if we consider districts sometimes getting inhabited by people sharing culture, religion etc, so having a shitty or expensive transport connection to that exact area basically means they have less opportunity to work\study\shop\whatever in the city center. 300 billions is what it’d likely cost to transit a couple of russian states to public transportation miracle as an experiment, this includes buyout of a leaser, renewing public fleet of vehicles, upping wages in that sphere so it becomes a place to compete for, compensating the lack of revenue (like it has some lol) and building a charging infrastructure with a sane distance between charging posts. Ah, and they buyout of private cars into that leasing to reduce the amount of them.

    One point to consider though is that this dream is kinda unneeded in the current climate because gvnmt tracking all your car rides is exactly what you wouldn’t like. Right now speedcams is a less optimal way they track everyone, and giving them an actual GPS data would trivialize surveiliance.

  • gi1242@lemmy.worldOP
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    here are a few ideas I had:

    • invest / subsidized green tech
    • lobby to stop oil and gas subsidies
    • lobby to stop meat subsidies
    • lobby for stricter environmental taxes and regulations.
    • subsidize repair services so that it’s cheaper for people to fix things instead of buying new
    • offer bad politicians a lot of money to resign
    • buy companies that provide essential services (water gas net) and make them non profits
    • do the same to things like Uber Facebook Google, and make ads optional
    • make public transit free
    • make affordable healthcare
    • set up a charity with whatever’s left. withdraw 4% a year and split evenly it between to anyone who asks for it
  • matlag@sh.itjust.works
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    I buy social medias and news outlets. Then I weaponize them to support a clueless gullible idiot candidate for POTUS.

    I use my influence on him to get a position that will allow me to get grossly richer by favoring my own businesses, including crushing unions and force my employees to work to death on low wages.

    When I reach 1 trillion $, I’ll have much more resources to improve the planet and living conditions of my fellow humans.

    But wait! Maybe I could do even more for humankind with 2 trillions $??

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    7 months ago

    bribe (sorry, i mean lobby) politicians to vote in interest of humanity. Environmental protection, public healthcare, solve the housing crisis/homeless epidemic, increase education budget spending, etc.

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    7 months ago

    Build houses

    Not a shit ton

    Just as many as I can build that are high quality and easily maintainable

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      Don’t forget to reserve a bit to fund all the bribes, lobbying and legal representation that protecting your housing development will require. 300b is a tasty target.

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    Assassinate the other billionaires. I genuinely believe billionaires are the source of all the biggest problems the planet has right now.

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      Exactly what I came here to say. Hire a group, and tell them to start at the top of the Forbes list and work their way down. Send anonymous letters to media outlets that surrendering their wealth is the only way to save their lives.

      It would dramatically improve the quality of living on this planet within 3 months.

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      Someone is simply going to take their place. The problem isn’t the billionaires themselves, its the system.

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        We can do a lot more to change the system without a bunch of over-moneyed under-principled techbros trying to stop us.

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          You’re just worried about the loud ones who are usually loud because they aren’t rich. Its the quiet really rich ones you need to worry about

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          But if we do that today, what do we do tomorrow? When someone someone else takes that vacant CEO position and starts receiving that ludicrous salary, what then?

          If you killed every billionaire every month, they probably wouldn’t have time to seriously affect society, but then I suspect we’d have other problems. I have a feeling that would produce some negative outcomes for the economy and general quality of life.

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    7 months ago

    I really like the idea to Fund a global election. Of a global government to act on global problems. Politics is not a zero sum game.

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    300 billion, secure myself first, then build up companies in my interest, then use that capital to influence politics, then secure policies that will help my personal and business objectives, then create a charity that will have a tax exemption for planting trees and r&d a biodegradable, easy to manufacture, durable, plastic that will replace all current non-biodegrable plastics. Wouldn’t become prime minster because you can get the most done behind closed doors. Also need to use some of the money to secure my kids future.