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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I think at this point there's a tension between the strategic advantage of having billionaires willing to surrender (preserves forces, results in net gain of manpower) versus how fucking stoked the majority of people are to see them die (gains new loyalists, results in net gain of manpower) and to be honest I think that someone sitting down with a pen and paper could work out an optimal percentage that could then be applied on a case by case basis. No-names with vast fortunes? Whatever, reeducation. Your Bezos', Princes, Duponts and Langones? Written off by popular demand.

Edit: having thought about this more, I think you could even get the best of both worlds by rocking up to one of these fuhrerbunkers and announcing "We will be accepting the surrender of the employees but not the boss. In fact, any employees who feel like doing a little mutiny and bringing the boss out to us, or even just forgetting to lock the gate, will be handsomely rewarded."

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

I actually like that. If they are so keen on algorithms, make an algorithm to determine what kind of expropriation they face.

Written off by popular demand

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ahh yes, the Chinese method. "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lmao any situation you can imagine, China has already been there, done that and coined a proverb

[–] ComradeRat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Western societies had (several traditions of) proverbs too, but capitalism killed 'em by smothering them out with mass media

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Why can't we be a bunch of Asians? doggirl-tears