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Would you trust yourself with infinite wealth? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's say that you have an opportunity to gain billions to fix the society from the top. Do you think that you would keep your integrity and use your money for the greater good, or that you would be corrupted by your power?

If so, would you still accept the offer knowing that you would just make the situation worse?

And if you believe in yourself, how would you try to convince an hypotetical entity to give you this wealth?

To avoid regrets let's say that if you decline the offer your memory about the deal gets erased.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

            
              Build lots of free housing everywhere
Lowers rent significantly

Create a new healthcare provider that everyone is automatically included in with fees of $0
Healthcare providers will have to lower their fees to even try to compete

Lobby government for fairness doctrine to he reinstated
Right-wing media gets neutered

Create plentiful public food gardens
Retailers have to lower their prices

Create a 500km tall gold statue of myself
Satellites now have to clear larger orbits.
Shining dong to inspire the masses

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

For the monument to your hubris, maybe make it a space elevator too? Also satellites can totally get around your enormous shining dong, it won't successfully clear LEO like you hope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Also satellites can totally get around your enormous shining dong, it won’t successfully clear LEO like you hope.

*narrows eyes*
what have you heard?