Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareYou’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize?Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 hours agomessage-square86linkfedilinkfile-text
For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt
minus-squareatopi@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·18 hours agoEvery four years, people are asked to vote whether they like or dislike a bunch of randomly selected big companies If the dislike is over 50%, the people in charge of that company are killed Companies are not allowed to invest in advertisement, sponsor anyone, or purchase anything in the scope of improving their public image This is a terrible solution, but i do not have the expertise or time to make laws that would fix capitalism
Every four years, people are asked to vote whether they like or dislike a bunch of randomly selected big companies
If the dislike is over 50%, the people in charge of that company are killed
Companies are not allowed to invest in advertisement, sponsor anyone, or purchase anything in the scope of improving their public image
This is a terrible solution, but i do not have the expertise or time to make laws that would fix capitalism