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US national debt is now bigger than the economy for first time since World War II
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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It's time to cut billionaires and corrupt politicians in half.
But yes, the USD is loosing power and the strategy of printing more to cover their debt while the world is selling off their stockpile will quickly make inflation go brrrrrrrrr. So much winning
Cutting Billionaires in half won't solve the issue. They have stocks, houses, boats, cars ect, but virtually no cash. Even if we tried to sell all the assets who would buy them?
Without billionaires to suck the country dry it will naturally heal. Its not an instant solution but sustainable at least.
But what have they taken that would help us?
That's why you seize the means of production. All the fake monies with made up number then do not matter anymore.
But how does that help the common person? You just turned the fake money into no money, and real money stayed the same.
It's worth a try. We can't afford any such accumulation of wealth and the power and influence that comes with it. Assets can go into the public hand, I don't mind if that is managed by democratically elected representatives that are not corrupted like the majority in government now.
I'm all for it, but I just don't see how it would benefit us in a meaningful way.