An AI startup founder says he's planning a 'March for Billionaires' in protest of California's wealth tax

5 months ago by Viking_Hippie to c/nottheonion

The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.
panda_abyss 77 points 5 months ago

I really want to see this guy march alone with a single sign that says "Protect Billionaire Rights"

Billionaires have it the worst. people are always going "you could do this for the world," "you could feed children," but nobody is asking why they're stuck with a single 300ft yacht when they really want that 400ft yacht with two helicopter pads.

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Hideakikarate 22 points 5 months ago

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panda_abyss 11 points 5 months ago

Yeah, that seems to be what they do

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PhobosAnomaly 12 points 5 months ago

That sign would be about as welcome as John McLane was at the start of Die Hard 3.

Yeah, that sign with that slur. Except there wouldn't be Samuel L kicking about to save him.

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XeroxCool 4 points 5 months ago

I had to look it up as apparently I've only seen the most polite of the TV versions, being "I hate everybody"

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SpaceNoodle 1 point 4 months ago

Yeah, that movie is not for broadcast TV.

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gravitas_deficiency 6 points 5 months ago

It would be one guy with three dozen armed security contractors around him in full mercenary kit

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Stern 71 points 5 months ago

So a bunch of billionaires in one place you say?

Guillotine sounds intensify

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Reverendender 39 points 5 months ago

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Jesusaurus 24 points 5 months ago

Like Luigi shooting fish in a barrel

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alaphic 11 points 5 months ago

Ah, finally! A man after my own heart 🥲

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errer 6 points 5 months ago

Sounds like he’s after billionaire hearts

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alaphic 3 points 5 months ago

ba dum tss

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cjoll4 8 points 5 months ago

If only! 😞

Online conversation about Kauffman’s planned event has continued to alternate between incredulity and ridicule. “I can’t imagine billionaires marching in the street,” one social media user said, of the event.

That person would probably be right.

Kauffman told TC that, so far, he isn’t aware of any actual billionaires planning to attend the march that has been organized in their honor. Kauffman said that the event is likely to include “a few dozen attendees,” although he stressed that he really isn’t clear on how many people would show up.

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ScoffingLizard 3 points 5 months ago

They can't even show up to their own protest. F.

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beatnixxx 7 points 5 months ago

I feel like they are threatening us with a good time.

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diemartin 39 points 5 months ago

Satirical image of the "Don't Tread On Me" logo. A boot with dog excrement is about to stomp on a snake, who is licking said excrement. A caption over the snake reads "No need to tread, for I will gladly lick the dog shit from your black leather oxford"

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RobotToaster 7 points 5 months ago

This isn't so much licking boots as deepthroating them up to the knee.

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Widdershins 11 points 5 months ago

Snakes can do that too

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Witchfire 4 points 5 months ago

Please don't remind us of that comic

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Widdershins 3 points 5 months ago

If it is any consolation I have no idea what comic you are thinking of.

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EndOfLine 24 points 5 months ago

We know billionaires aren't going to do the work themselves. Finally we will get to see who these "paid protesters" are that I keep hearing about.

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ThatGuy46475 22 points 5 months ago

This is like a sketch from whose line is it anyway

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homes 8 points 5 months ago

Nah— they were actually funny

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shyguyblue 16 points 5 months ago

There are dozens of us!

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mentalNothing 14 points 5 months ago

Now we know where to look for the real paid protesters.

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slothrop 14 points 5 months ago

Eggs are the worst for clean up.

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lettruthout 13 points 5 months ago

It’s past 11:00 now. Did ANYONE show up?

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CatpainTypo 12 points 5 months ago

How much can you hire a sniper for? Might be worth picking off the 4 guys who show up for this. Just a thought?

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ScoffingLizard 3 points 5 months ago

Start a gofundme maybe.

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atro_city 8 points 5 months ago

Anybody who shows up to protest for billionaires is an idiot.

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ScoffingLizard 5 points 5 months ago

Make copies of asset adjustment tax forms, make paper airplanes out of them and throw them as they walk by.

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Aeao 2 points 4 months ago

How fast can we get Luigi out? I’ve got a ln idea.

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