cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/21755185
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Liberal leader comes just two weeks before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president while threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada on Day 1.
Trudeau said he will stay on as prime minister until his successor is chosen, creating the prospect that Canada will have a lame duck head of government just as its biggest trading partner hits its exports with steep tariffs.
Which will never happen. I wish it would. The only solution is the removal of billionaires and corporations who value profit over human lives.
Kill a billionaire, another takes his place. You have to make systemic change in order to actually remove billionaires from the equation. That requires a lot more than a bullet. Organizing will always be more effective.
Yes, I do agree that the real problem is systemic. The system rewards people for shitty things. Greed is a sickness.
But… at the moment the people at the top think “I can do whatever I want, and nothing will happen to me!” This part needs to change.
So, I am suggesting that, in addition to organizing and changing the system, we make a statement that says, “if you kill people for profit, you’re going to get shot,” among other fun phrases. The existing crop of billionaires need to wake up and worry if this is going to be the day they die. They need that real fear with them as they go make plans that impact people.
It worked for the French, more or less. We need to trim the fat.