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1over137 5 hours ago

But we're talking about the USA here. Was such a thing ever done to someone of analogous stature in history?

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mystraline 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Absolutely, yes. When China's civil war with Chaing Kai-Shek happened, the communists won.

After that, landlords, business owners, and industrial owners were presented with an ultimaturm, of which many took. And that was to return to being a worker, or be jailed.

Given how capitalists amass wealth and options to evade all governments, this does seem like a valid solution.

A modern viewing is after Jack Ma (CEO of Alibaba) publicly criticized the monetary policy of China. He lost most of his standing, and the attempt of an IPO for his payments company. Note that he lives and is still CEO, just not as a Influential power in China.

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NickC25 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Note that he lives and is still CEO, just not as a Influential power in China.

And he's still got billions of dollars. Maybe not as many billions as he would have, but still billions. See how easy it is, USA?

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khalic 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

lol are you seriously trying to frame the Chinese cultural revolution as something good? It was an anti-science, barbaric and corrupt movement

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delichon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And also by the way killed 1 to 2 million people. It's not difficult to find people who consider that a worthwhile sacrifice for a political result.

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mystraline 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even the Chinese admit that the anti-science was a wrong choice. So were the witch-hunts for perceived-West-ness.

But it was "has anybody dealt with monied elite". I was pointing out a case in point that there was a situation. And the choice to the elite was "be a worker, or be jailed".

	▲	Dylan16807 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A million business owners is a totally different group from billionaires. Business owners get in legal trouble all the time in the US.

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js8 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I recently watched Animagraffs' videos on Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam. It's interesting that no one has asked, "was anything analogous to that ever done before"? Remember, we're talking about USA here.