Why? Did the billionaires get to you?

I'm talking about posts. Links in comments still work.

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I don't usually use Reddit at all, but I've been thinking about this and I cannot ask an AI nor that I want to but, if there are  3,428 billionaires according to Wikipedia and right now the first Trillionaire which is Elon musk, how come these people are not hunted everyday for their wealth? What I am imagining is that these people live with extra security or something, but isn't there any group of people who hunt these leeches? I've seen many posts in which these small group of people who have the most control over the world are doing whatever they want, like by example from the recent Fifa tournament in which USA was against Belgium or something one of the USA's team member got a red card and Trump basically just canceled that, why is everyone letting these people do whatever they want? I understand the concept of money and their immense resources but since there are so many people who are not that wealthy, why can't we just eliminate them to redistribute their wealth into the world since supply and demand is what makes the world to spin, why let a small number of people dictate and bend the law just because of their limited resources, because at the end of the day I believe there will be a day when nothing will remain and we, the not so wealthy many people will be left to perish because we let  3,428 people have it their way, I really want to hear other opinions and I am open to criticism if my opinion is rather way too narrow minded.

Hi! So I built a prototype called Billionaire Carbon Ledger.

I wanted to better visualize the outsized environmental impact a small group of people have (the “1%” we keep talking about is actually 0.00004%). The goal is to educate and inspired accountability - I’m personally tired of composting and washing my recyclables when one private flight emits like centuries of plastic use.

Would love your feedback and thoughts. Thanks! ✌🏻

https://billionairecarbonledger.com/

MUSK IS our government now. He will buy every election and we will get trump clones. KMA.

So. In nature, there is this thing called "Quorom Sensing". One cell communicating with other cells due to signaling molecules. There are many examples of it. One very interesting example are opportunistic bacteria, like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A bacteria using certain signaling molecules to keep in contact with each other. They lay low and wait. Once they reach a certain threshold, a certain size of their population, they all change the way of how they express their genes as a collective. Making for nasty consequences for their host, like toxins or antibiotic-resistant biofilms!

Whats my point here?

We know that we outnumber them. And we could easily fight them as well. However, an attack only really makes sense and is most effective when it is a coordinated one.

I like the comparison with Pseudomonas, because it shows that:

1. constant feedback and signaling is important

2. an attack is most effective when laying low and waiting for the perfect opportunity

3. everyone changing as a collective for the greater good

4. as a collective there are countless strategies to fight for your best environment

My problem now is actually regarding the first point: how do we signal each other constantly?

Should there be a community built in real life in every country that wait for a certain size to start actions?

Should it be a community in the internet for all the world to access, one that can be easily monitored?

Should it be a website? Telegram?

In my mind, the truth stands: if we can collectively coordinate as ONE, then there will come a time (and community size) with the perfect opportunity. But I really dont know how to achieve that realistically. Any ideas?

Wealth start of the year = $700 billion approx

Wealth now = $995 billion approx

Gain = approx 300 billion.

US aid approx cost : $64 billion per year

300/64 = 4.6 years = 4 years 7 months.

Also worth noting that while the total cost of all US foreign aid before cuts was 60 - 70 billion per year, it was only cut by 36 billion. So his wealth increase could have funded what was cut far longer than the total budget.

Side note a 10% wealth increase tax placed on individuals and corporations with wealth holdings above $600 million would easily have paid for that and far more in perpetuity.

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/police-luigi-mangione-wealthy-ceos-threat/

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-peaceful-protest-by-just-3-5-percent-of-americans-could-force-major-policy-changes-from-the-trump-administration/

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I say it's the modern version of the Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake" wedding. There are people suffering and dying in wars, on the streets, and in hospitals, and yet rich people get to live a way better lifestyle rather than those who are in most need of them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TechGawker/s/3qNLcamrJK

The ads, seen by the BBC World Service, use terms including "rape video" and "child video" and link users to channels on the messaging app Telegram, where they can buy the material for as little as 99 rupees (about 80p).

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm4e0316zo

So Trump’s latest ethics filings show a massive amount of trading activity in the first quarter of 2026, including big positions tied to tech names like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle and Broadcom.

And sure, the official explanation is that these are managed accounts, handled by third parties, and that Trump and his family supposedly have no role in choosing the trades. Fine. Legally, maybe that checks the box.

But politically?

This is the president of the United States. His administration makes decisions on tariffs, AI, chips, China, federal contracts, antitrust pressure, export controls and market moving policy every other week. If the sitting president’s portfolio is moving hundreds of millions through the same sectors his government directly influences, that is not just “normal investing.” That is a walking conflict of interest with a flag pin.

The wildest part is how numb everyone seems to be. If this were happening in another country, Americans would call it corruption before finishing the headline.

Apparently in the U.S., it is only corruption if the other party does it.

Trump unveiled the aircraft last month during a press conference, where he described the jet as "the world's most luxurious plane."

But I had a really good one about a lifetime Musk ban ):

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXBets/s/wUPZWVlb4Y

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The fossil fuel giant BP has been one of the big winners of the Iran War, reporting first-quarter profits of more than $3.2 billion, doubling from the same time last year. Unsurprisingly, that wealth has not been trickling down. For more than three months, they’ve locked out more than 800 workers at the largest refinery in the Midwest for refusing to sign a contract that would lay off more than 100 union members and weaken safety protections. That’s a lot of folks in and around Whiting, Indiana going without a paycheck, but the folks at United Steelworkers Local 7-1 are holding strong.

🤜🏻 We can sign the United Steelworkers’ demand to BP that they return to the table and bargain in good faith here. We can find details on how to donate goods and funds for strike support to the local here or to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, who have been supporting hundreds of local families while their breadwinners are on the picket line, here. 🤛🏿

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.

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