The Epstein class will own everything and we will have to be happy.

  • Séimhe (sé / é)@lemmy.world
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    I’m halfway through. Here’s an excerpt: “It is simply impossible for you, your family, your kids and your community to compete for asset ownership in a world where there are men who are accumulating wealth at a rate of 137 million dollars per day, in a way that is exponentially growing. That is what is happening”. - Gary Stevenson (21 June 2026)

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      even before he had wealth enough to buy all the wheat produced in a year while retaining his wealth. At this rate he will be able to buy all grains. That is a crazy amount of leverage.

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    Without watching, I dare say “very scared”. Not specifically because of an overweight nerd who is trying to build the sci-fi future of the 60s and 70s, but because so many normal people are not just allowing it to happen, and a large part is even actively participating in it.

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    He’s still meat…99% water. No matter what he tries to do he too will one day be 6ft underground forever…in a lead box hopefully.