=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── What if you were required to own stock for a minimum of 10 years after buying it and the government would buy it from you when it crossed 50% of what you bought it for ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/451 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── how about this: for every stock bought back, an equal share goes to the government who pays in dollars for it. the more you issue stock buybacks, the more your corporation is owned by the people and for the people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1777 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed land not by charging money to keep it but rather by taking some of it and giving it to the bureau of land management ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2045 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/201 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── When they owned a percentage they would get a percentage of control over the business and once it's 50% they buy it (stock follows, so if a person owned stock they'd be fine) The value is frozen, and everyone in the world can see what they did wrong. It's examined like a court case, and after a year or three it's decided on how it's going to be run in the future. Then it becomes private again, and all the stock is purchased from the owners at the price it was when the company "went under". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/199 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── What if the government only intervened in failing companies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6392 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdly-medieval-politics-mentioned-in-a-modern-context │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "what if we invested in cities instead of companies" ah yes, anarcho-fuedalism "what if we elevated people we respect" ah yes, anarcho-monarchism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #7 messages/583 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── What if we taxed 100% of a farmer's profit so they were forced to sell their goods at 100% market rate with no markups and we paid them based on how much food they produced based on market factors that are calculated and constantly updated according to expected and desired demand ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 bluesky#39 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── what if we deputize anyone who asks for it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ --- #9 fediverse/4789 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what if there was a bank or credit union or something which created a randomly generated credit card number for you every time you made a purchase? and randomized your account number too, just in-case they're forced to display their records. would be cool. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/757 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── the reason they want bitcoin is so they can buy more computers and use digital dollars to rule the world ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1622 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-883 yeah, fair enough... Mine was like 20$ for a year but that's like, 10% of your rice and bean budget so yeah don't do that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/1304 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── my father was a CEO and my girlfriend runs a preservation company dedicated to slaying death ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #13 fediverse/4954 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── what if I never posted again "yep, then there'll be nevermore stack overflow" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/1416 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ somebody once told me I was an "asset for liberty" and I took that to heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #15 messages/565 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── What if we told teachers to teach lessons like "the urgency of time" or "the frailty of life" or "divide and conquer" or whatever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/218 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Capitalism pays developers massive salaries because it doesn't want them developing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1764 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Okay okay hear me out - but what if instead of pumping oil out of the ground, we shoved a bunch of tree trunks down there and let them marinate for a few thousand years ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1525 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: unfounded │ └──────────────────────┘ they had to mark it unfounded, because otherwise they would get in trouble if they were wrong they only stock the competitors products that taste worst than the product of the company they want to divert money to. c ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/374 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-278 kinda makes me think it'd be nice if we had some way to quantify the amount that employers taxed their employees? If people saw 50-70% of their paycheck going straight toward executive bonuses and stock buybacks or whatever... maybe then we'd fix things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ |