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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by praptak on Sunday May 29, 2016 @12:53PM (#11797044)
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by futureiswithus on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:00PM (#11797077)
We can boycott the rich. And when we cant, we can just choose to buy from the least rich
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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by ommunist on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:16PM (#11797148)
Try. Boycot banks by giving them no money, maintain social lending in your local area, see what happen then.
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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by khedoros on Sunday May 29, 2016 @04:06PM (#11797976)
That sounds more like a theoretical solution than a practical one. You'd need to get most of the population to ignore short-term convenience and pay higher prices for things (optimizing for a different metric than lowest cost). I don't think that will happen.
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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by nickpsecurity on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:20PM (#11797171)
Just saw your comment. You beat me to it. Here's mine, though, which provides a key detail:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11797166

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Re:Challenging the myth that the rich are specially-talented... by Aelinsaar on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:07PM (#11797108)
-French Nobles just before the revolution
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