America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power
Guardian Article Link: [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/ma15/billionaire-curb-power-movement](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/billionaire-curb-power-movement)
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America needs people who can enact real change to stop taking the bribes that have lead us down this corrupt path.
Its difficult to get elected in this country if you dont want to lie or accept bribes. The only way to even the playing field is to make bribes and campagn lies illegal. The bribes are easy, we get rid of citizens united. The campagn lies are harder to enforce, bit we should d...
For this we need to build a new working class/labor party, led from the bottom up by building the platform together democratically then using class struggle tactics like coordinated days of action and even strikes, bringing masses of people into the fight. In a working class...
Bribes are not permitted but supreme court says tipping is allowed.
The curb you say??? https://preview.redd.it/e4kqw2vci8pg1.png?width=985&format=png&auto=webp&s=8186621895c2094bd9e301f7a2a9d69571b23a5d
Stomping, you say?
It's only a temporary solution. We need to change the rules that create billionaires
Ooof. Lol.
This country was founded by oligarchs for oligarchs. We aren’t going to be able to vote the rich out of the power that’s their right under capitalism. Capitalism isn’t trade with currency, it’s a system where the resources are directed by capital (people making the most money,...
They hate direct action and mutual aid so much because these, with enough resources, effort, and commitment, can develop parallel economic activity which threaten their own perpetual socioeconomic threats.
We're living in an oligarchy in the US. The ultra rich are controlling politics and are working a reverse Robin Hood - take from the poor for the benefit of the rich. After World War II the working class created an era of prosperity. Since that time the working class has been ...
300 million vs maybe 1000, i like those odds.
Yea...10 years ago Shits already been bought and sold. They won. They got the media. The military. The police. The evangelicals. The wealth. The concentration camps. And what is the American peoples response? Crickets. *scheduled*, timed, temporary, useless "protests" ...
We need independent news media! Just like Joe Rogan … who endorsed Trumps literal dictator rule over laws while Joe laps up $500 million + so he can distract us with bs conspiracies while the real conspiracy is just the rich stealing even more from workers.
There is always ol' reliable... https://preview.redd.it/2x4sd9atl8pg1.jpeg?width=1085&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc6e3d99661fa4ef0772c93b7212e89512271777
I vote we do this French-style.
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That led to a power vacuum that was immediately filled by other corrupt entities. It took the French nearly a full generation afterwards (80 years) to finally break free and get something resembling a western democracy. We in the US barely peacefully protest, let alone doing...
When a handful of unelected billionaires have more influence than millions of voters, that’s not a healthy democracy
Also, elected millionaires all bought by these billionaires doesn't help either.
Billionaires don’t want you to have happiness that you’re not paying them for…
It's never gonna happen. American right wingers are the most subservient creatures in the planet.
It’s a little death cult. They’ll starve themselves if they can just feel superior to other groups.
Can't happen soon enough.
Correction: We need a movement to end billionaires.
Why we let this happen is beyond me. Take the power back.
We did. Occupy Wall Street. An off shoot of the movement called Occupy SEC still exists (last I checked) and they file well-researched opinions on proposed changes to financial regulations. Participation was strong until they were forcibly evicted from the park. I’d love to se...
TAX THE RICH OR EAT THEM! Billionaires are a cancer on civilization! No one needs to be a billionaire.
America needs to imprison billionaires. Make them forfeit their assets. Then spread them among the working class.
 Totally unrelated but I think we should play more games that feature Luigi Mario. Such a great character in video games. Could even be a role model in real life.
French model would work nicely
There's really only one way I see that happening.
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We are beyond “curbing” their power. 
They got the TV, we got the truth They own the judges and we got the proof We got hella people, they got helicopters They got the bombs and we got the, we got the
Theory n Practice is what I’d call my AR if it had a name
Preferably the brisk downward movement of a guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is often considered an odd duck of the auteur director's filmography although he's no stranger to fables with the beloved Pan's Labyrinth the 2022 retelling received middling rev
We need a movement to curb their wealth. Nobody needs that much money, and not one of them has done anything to earn that much money. Elon is especially ridiculous; Tesla should be like $20-30 a share, instead it seems to highly manipulated and propped up.
Our legislators and executives are going to need to do something, or the public is going to make a spectacle out of them and the billionaires. People are at their wit's end.
It's called communist Revolution. We should all try it tbh
It should be our #1 priority.
They're all lined up, too
No movement needed other than voting for progressives who will change the laws to tax billionaires out of existence. The 2 political parties did that to create them, electing progressives in Congress can make them go away.
The world needs this. There’s zero reason Musk should be this rich. His companies are vastly overvalued, and with his stacking of the board, the compensation packages he’s received are stupid. Then again, non of them would be this rich if one thing were true: stock used as c...
It's called a socialist political party
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 An army of Luigi’s
they dont want employees they want subscribers to their dystopian nightmare, it isnt even hidden anymore
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We had occupy wall street but it got stolen by billionaires.
Can the rest of the world join you? 
Yea, communism.
Humans being humans
Start a "seize their assets " campaign
your post is one word too long
Jumpscare photo. In its entirety.
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Let’s keep building the boycott movement
When you say “America” who do you mean?
Be the change you want to see. No one is going to "movement" for you.
We have one. Voting. 99% > 1% Act like it.
So many people scratching their heads to solve this problem and a violence free solution is right in front of us: boycott all of these companies and organizations. Stop using Amazon. Delete Facebook and Instagram. Until the people with actual influence start to feel pain, noth...
There's no way around the obvious
We could make them delicious somehow and then eat them.
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Our legislators are going to have to come up with something soon, or the people are going to take matters into their own hands. The lamp posts are going to be decorated with swinging politicians and billionaires if something doesn't give. People are getting to their wit's end.
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No, I think you’re wrong, you typed America when it should be THE WORLD!! But you’re right.
Curb-stomp*
Now all we need the billionaires to do is lobby congress to take away their influence. So easy!
#TAX THEM
Curb power? 👎 Abolish power? 👍
We need to stop treating these guys like celebrities and start treating them like the policy failures they are
A 30 caliber one perhaps?
Let's keep it simple and arrest them for racketeering.
Why, the standard American dream is that anyone can be a billionaire. All you have to do is stop buying Starbucks, pack your lunch, and pull yourself up by the boot straps and you too can be a billionaire. /s
That movement is GameStop. Few understand this.
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# America needs a movement to curb ***** these parasites
We do, it’s called voting
It’s called end citizens united and actually punish people for taking bribes
There’s that gonif nogoodnik Howie Lutnick, still disgusted by his good friend Epstein.
there have been movements to do this in the past, theyve all been co-opted and sold to the highest bidder by corporate democrats.
Well historically one party has given tax cuts to the rich and one tries to tax them more.
Haven't u heard? Money is free speech billionaires just get more free speech than the rest of us.
You ever try to un-bake a cake? They have been combining the ingredients for this thing for decades. We are currently at the stage where the billionaires and politicians are enjoying aforementioned cake. The bad guys have won.
You hit a billion and you get retired. You get a high score and your name on something. You take a billion in cash and the rest is returned to public coffers. You can then retire to some farm upstate and thats that. No more investing, no more financing. You just retire. Cong...
The movement is squeeze don't pull
It's called the movement to revoke citizens United....
the movement has to be a complete tear down. our system was designed to resist grassroots change.
America sure does. America is soft tho so it wont happen anytime soon. More people need to starve for us to actually give a shit about doing anything.
WE CANT EVEN AGREE ON A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Purity politics has divided the left and I'm not sure we can recover without a figurehead
Considering the relative numbers voting should work easily. But alas…
Forgot the word ‘stomp’ in there and an accidental apostrophe and space where a forward slash should be.
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Like moving one of those revolutionary French tables into the town square?
America needs to eliminate classes as a matter of Constitutional law. We need to amend away the ability for any one individual or family to accumulate more than 1/1000 the wealth of the poorest state GDP.
Yeah, removing their heads from their shoulders.
From a corporate standpoint, enshrining in corporation law the right of workers to engage in a Vote of No Confidence would be a big start. When the vast majority of workers agree their executives are either incompetent, compromised, or antithetical to the company, they should ...
I mean isn't it literally your "Second" Amendment?
Can't do anything sitting behind a screen all day
local rank choice voting initiatives, state rank choice voting initiative, federal rank choice voting initiative, progressive candidates win, repeal citizens united, 👏
Lol Americans won't do anything
I could use a [Billionaire Buffet feat. Kasane Teto](https://youtu.be/EIyqbc10O_A)
Let's get the people that billionaires give a shit ton of money to, to make them not be able to give them a shit ton of money.
There is a 100% proof and an easier way, Stop fuскin9 buy their products, and they will become poor in a year!
No, billionaires should not be allowed to exist. That much wealth is incompatible with democracy, bar none.
The French had a good movement
Sociopathic fucks
We had one, walk on Wall Street. It was working, so the rich started to ramp up the lower class divides.
But what about when I become a multimillionaire/billionaire. I want to be able to wield this much power and influence. I promise I’ll be good! Honest. /s
There you have a line up of the worlds most worthless to humanity that ever lived that are rich as they starve the workers that got them there ,, I hope they all end up living in a box under a bridge
For some reason, the Google/Alphabet CEO and Dr. Chan genuinely smiling, is making me mad all over again.
You could eat them
But who will the media tell me I need to aspire to be like and make sure those free loaders cant get their basic needs assisted?
It's called a revolt!
yeah, its called socialism.
Not sure dirty Sanchez was worth the price.
We are overdue. We need antitrust legislation and campaign fund reform and an anti corruption and executive minimum qualifications election law and a very well understood voting rights law
Didn't all these fuckers say they were moving to Mars?
I came here to post something like this”curb their heads from their necks” but I see that’s already covered. Good job, folks.
It should piss everyone off thag these billionaires were allowed at the inauguration. Its proof they helped rig the election for Trump. Whether Elon physically changed votes or bought Twitter just to manipulate the election, both are illegal. The rich and powerful stole th...
They make the trends and movements
Join a union. Extend union membership to those who traditionally have it. Work collectively to increase labor's power.
Break up all the monopolies
Or just defund them.
More than just curb.
America needs to rise up before any who oppose them are placed in The ICE warehouses because its coming. The Department of Homeland Suppression must be abolished.
Read up on the Haymarket affair. And then see the impact, even worldwide of people like Lucy and Albert Parsons. Lessons like their activism and how they were brutally treated by the state and capital shouldn't be forgotten. I'm saying it's worth looking back on those lessons....
absolute dystopia
See how quickly they bent the knee?
You have all the power. Stop buying their stuff.
The shame is written on Bezos and Zuckerberg’s faces.
Actions we can take: Vote and help others vote — Elections are still the most powerful peaceful tool for changing policy. Register voters, support candidates aligned with your values, and participate in primaries. Peacefully protest and demonstrate — Marches, rallies, vigils...
Curb the amount of money politicians an accept and closely monitor how they accept it. Prosecute those that break the law.
There is a very dangerous game brewing already. Firearm purchases for those previously opposed are already higher than those on favor.
The moderate, meet-in-the-middle co.promise solution is a progressive tax that continues to escalate until it hits 100% at $1B, and closing the loopholes that allow them to say "oh, I only spent borrowed money secured by volatile assets, I don't actually have money!". Once you...
Look at their faces. They have already been caught and they’re jumping through the hoops Trump sets up. Most of them anyways, Musk looks pretty confident.
All the money in the world and still fugly.
It was called occupy Wall Street an was quashed by police power years ago.
Maybe a couple curb stomps will do the trick?
what's the plan?
I mean… the entire god damn planet has a billionaire problem…
Tax billionaires out of existence, that’s what we need to do.
No... not "curb their power" they should not exist. By any means.
Someone should host a gala.
All valid and necessary ideas, but what we need more than taxes, is to make corporations have to pay people more and make it harder to lay people off. In particular publicly traded companies. They have a duty to maximize profits for investors. They should have an equally propo...
Fascists will rise up and help remove these Jewish oligarchs
It's called tax. Tax rate of 99% on anything over 1 billion solves almost all financial issues.
This photo was the last photo before the end. The end of the west as we know it. The oligarchs officially won.
We have plenty of the tools. I assume we’ve all heard of the French Revolution?
Nobody earns a billion dollars You take it from the people actually doing the work
Someone send up the Luigi signal
Zuck’s face 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah... a movement for and by the rest of us.
Luigi had the right idea
Yeah, maybe we call it something like Reside Wall Street. /s Seriously though, "movements" get squashed by the billionaires. "The revolution will not be televised" and all that.
John Moses Browning was a great American inventor and many of his creations have beautiful movements. Purely from an engineering perspective.
None of these guys have the capacity to fix a dishwasher.
Anyone here thats deep down the ufo rabbit hole. I truly wonder if these degenerates are the non humans that supposedly live among us and are indistinguishable from humans.
America needs a movement to curb the current system that allows such power. It‘s not about taxing, it‘s about a whole other system that is built for the people, not for profit. The system should matter, not some people profiting from it and using the power they get from it as ...
Eat. The. Rich.
I found the name for it: Tax the rich.
Occupy
its...called...and this is a big one.... #TAX THE RICH
What is it about being a billionaire that makes them all assholes? Or is it just the asshole billionaires we hear about? is there a large group of good billionaires we just never hear about? Is it possible to be a billionaire and not be an asshole? does achieving billionaire s...