• lemmelemmy@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    I like his way of thinking but I really don’t like his nothing burger suggestions.

    Like why are you telling civilians to do it. Like I’m gonna say “oh, ok I’ll go tax the wealthy then”. If you’re that rich as he claims to be why not go be a politican and represent us? Tax the rich my ass. Like it’s our fault. Like we can do anything at all.

    There was one vid of him saying “oh I got richer because I bought oil commodity when the war started” like what the fuck man. And then he kept saying tax the rich again.

    Also his book sucked. He was basically telling how clever he was and how everyone is else was an asshole tools. Sorry but unless he uses his power (money) and start moving some stones, he’s just another rich cunt that just talks bs to me.

    Sorry, downvote all you want. But I’m sick of hearing people telling me to do something while they already have all the power to blast the things. I got fucking bills to pay and I’m dead on the evening can barely read a single page of a book without falling asleep. What the fuck am I supposed to do more? I’m drained.

    • deft@lemmy.wtf
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      2 days ago

      Lmfao “downvote all you want”

      Upvoted

      But seriously guys like him sound like they just wanna hear themselves talk and look smart / on the morally right side of things. Absolute tool I guess. However not gonna tell him to stop saying it because the more people that do, maybe it’ll help.

    • JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone
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      2 days ago

      If you watch any of this youtube video you will find he repeatedly says that he is a stock trader and economist, and that he knows exactly where his expertise starts and ends. He knows very confidently that his past predictions have been highly accurate and successful, so he can see where this is heading.
      But he also knows that he doesnt know how to implement the changes he wants to see. He knows his limitations and lack of skills as a politician, a taxation designer, lobbiest, etc. and that he isnt the right person for the job, which is why he is promoting Gabriel Zucman to design the taxation system, and is in contact with other figures to convince the politicians that vote on the laws.

      What he does say is that he knows the problem, he knows the solution, he knows whats going to happen if we dont act. His whole goal is to get the message out to people and find the right voices to make the change, whether its the comman man who knows what to care about when voting, the people with power to change minds to talk to the politicians and law makers to make the change, and the economists to forge the right tax to actually effectively target the 1% before everything is taken from us.

      So no, he doesnt have all the answers, but he just wants people to know there is a problem, what that problem is, how it will affect everyone and to not sit on your hands. I dont hold it against him that he doesnt have the whole package A to Z, he has gone above and beyond for a cause he is essentially committing his life to, even though he is (probably) wealthy enough to not give a shit.