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[+] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)
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    My half baked plan is that half a dozen like minded "middle powers" should form a bloc and tax the oligarchs until Trump is removed. Honestly I reckon he'd be gone by the end of the month.

    So Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK, and Holland or something. 10% tax on services from Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and whatever musk thing. I feel like I've forgotten an important one. Nvidia maybe?

    If it seemed unpalatable to mention Trump directly then you could use a proxy like "we will impose these taxes until all US tariffs on all countries in the bloc are removed", because Trump would never back down.

    I remember listening to an expert on revolutions on "ologies" podcast. He made the case that the way to topple a regime is to focus on the oligarchs because they're the ones maintaining the power structure. As soon as they believe some other option will be more profitable they will withdraw support.

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