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The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires. A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax. (prospect.org)

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[–] Civil_Liberty@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The billionaires have money and power. They do not need or want more money, what they want is more power. The existing power structures with all the laws and democratic processes put more barriers in their way than they like. They see America is in decline, and climate change rapidly approaching (which will wake the moronic masses when it begins to burn down their homes and starve their children). They have assessed that the most efficient way to get more power is just to hasten the decline of America, and all those pesky laws and democratic processes. Then they can build their kingdoms on the bones of what is left.