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The Human Race Must Abolish Billionaires

Hello, let’s have a talk. A talky talk. A talky talk about how and why Billionaires should not be allowed to exist, why we can, must, and should seize all of their combined wealth, and what we can do with it when we have it.

And maybe some cheeky ideas about what to do with that sorry lot once we’ve plundered all their shinies and wealth, mhm! Oh yes.

Let’s start here:

Oh my oh my oh my! What is this!

It seems that 2,754 human beings on this planet we share have over $1,000,000,000 in wealth! This simply will not do, that’s far too many. But what I’d really like to do is draw your attention to the eye-gouging sum of their total wealth.

$9,200,000,000,000.

Truly a staggering sum. In fact, it’s so staggering, it’s achieved what really big numbers can do where they no longer really contain any conceivable value. It is truly difficult for the human mind to conceive of this kind of largeness, and it can even trick you into thinking, hey, this isn’t that much bigger than 9.2 million! Which isn’t all that much, really.

I’m so sorry but that’s wrong.

So how much is 9.2 Trillion?

A useful way to look at numbers is to use a scale we encounter every day: the second. I refer to this excerpt from a helpful letter to the New York Times written in 1986: 

“I found that 1,000 seconds ago was equal to almost 17 minutes. It would take almost 12 days for a million seconds to elapse and 31.7 years for a billion seconds. Therefore, a trillion seconds would amount to no less than 31,709.8 years.

A trillion seconds ago, there was no written history. The pyramids had not yet been built. It would be 10,000 years before the cave paintings in France were begun, and saber-toothed tigers were still prowling the planet.”

That’s just 1 Trillion seconds. 9.2 Trillion seconds is 291,730.16 years ago! Recorded history doesn’t even go back that far. The lost island in the North Sea Doggerland was still around back then. The land bridge between Russia and Alaska was still around. Starting to get how much money $9.2 Trillion is?

For the sake of argument, let’s say that these 2,754 people are one person (and for the sake of humanity’s scale, they might as well be), and decide to spend their cash. What can they do with $9.2 Trillion dollars?

What about a castle? Castles are cool! I’d like a castle. They gotta be expensive right?

The Devizes Castle, built in the 12th century, was sold for $3.2 million. On our time scale, that’s just about 39 days out of 291,730.16 years. But that’s not even close to the most expensive castle. That’s probably the Asheford Castle, in Ireland, also from the 12th century, valued around $68m. That’s a bit bigger of a chunk, coming around to about 3.2 years out of our budget of 291,730.

Okay, we have a swanky place to live. How about a plane to fly there? Or a boat? Let’s buy the best ones of each.

Luxury jets are easy: you want a Gulfstream IV - clocking in at $38m. There are other, much more expensive planes, but they are more straight up commercial airliners or tactical bombers. For a single person, a Gulfstream is really where it’s at.

Yachts? The choices here are way more varied. Technically, the world’s most expensive yacht is the History Supremee at $4.5 Billion, but this is just a mere 100-foot vessel coated in pure gold and platinum. Let’s go bigger, but slightly cheaper, and get the Eclipse, a 536 foot long, $1.5 Billion dollar vessel that is sure to make all the less rich people envious.

Why not a car? The most expensive car is the Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, coming in at a mere $4.8 Million.

If we add this all up, it’s $1,042,500,000. This is 33 years.

You can buy the world’s most luxurious castle, jet, yacht, and car, and only use 35 years out of the budget of 291,730.

In FACT: if every single one of the 2,754 billionaires could buy one of the most luxurious castle, jet, yacht, and car each, there would still be $6.3 TRILLION left over between them.

Starting to get the picture?

There is no logical, moral, ethical, or even comedic argument to be made for even 10,000 people to have access to $9.2 Trillion in wealth, much less 2,754. They simply cannot spend this wealth on a meaningful, individual level. It can only be hoarded, and used to create more wealth.

Now, let’s say we forcefully take their money, and liquidate all their assets, and we, the people, now have $9.2Trillion in fungible cash. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that the $200 billion that we need to drop to make this an even 9 gets lost in depreciation. That’s almost 2%, so, I feel that’s not a difficult or even unfair argument to make.

So, let’s say after seizing these bastard’s wealth and liquidating it we have $9Trillion left over. What can we do with all of that?

It would only cost about $55 Million to fix Flint. Let’s do that.

The most bloated estimates say it would cost $265 Billion to end world hunger and malnutrition. Let’s do that.

What about education? What if we forgave all the American student loans? That’s a hefty $1.4 Trillion, but, we have it to spare.

Reducing Greenhouse Gasses is a tricky one. Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is a good idea, so, let’s fund some projects to do that.

“The cost to plant a tree varies depending on the location of the project and the type of tree being planted, and ranges between approximately one dollar to three dollars per tree.” - Plant a Billion Trees

So, $3Billion for a billion trees. Nice. That’ll regreen the landscape quite a bit, and this is just one example of a single effort to reforest multiple lost jungles. Let’s fund five such projects, bringing the total to 5 billion trees and $15 Billion dollars.

What about Solar? What if we made a Solar Farm in the Sahara to cover the energy use of the entire planet? The cost of the project will be about five trillion dollars assuming we could figure out the infrastructure to support it.

What’s that got us, totaled up? We’ve spent $6.68 Trillion. We’ve got about $2.3 Trillion left over. We’ve ended world hunger, forgiven all American student loan debt, replanted billions of trees, and the world, in theory, is on 100% solar power now. Seems like a pretty rosy state of existence. And we still have 72,932 years of our time/money left over. That’s almost enough left over to buy every billionaire the most luxurious castle, jet, yacht, and car.

FUCK. THAT.

So, clearly, it is an illogical, immoral act for a billionaire to hoard all this wealth, when we’ve seen what we can do with it. What should we do with them?

[cesaray]

[thepageofhopes]

Homestuck Title Test

Who doesn’t want to know the Homestuck Title they would have in the game? 

EDITED: Added more Aspect info, Changed how Rage and Doom work, and added one Syllable Titles!

Edit 2: Added A better 1w9 title, and one syllable ones for different genders if needed. 

More edits: Alt titles added

This is something I’ve been creating for a long time, and finally got to a place where I feel like the test is pretty solid. 

The Test is 3 parts long.

Your title is based off your enneagram type and wing. You can take the test here(first test/button): http://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test.php

When looking at your results, it is the first result in the form #w#, rather than Type #. 

However, if you already know your enneagram type and wing, you can skip taking the test!

The Titles are as follows (6 are non-canon):

1w9- Spark(alt:Fiend original:Agent) 1w2- Heir 

2w1- Maid(male:Serf) 2w3- Star 

3w2- Prince(female:Queen) 3w4- Thief

4w3- Page 4w5- Soul (original:Poet)

5w4- Seer 5w6- Mage

6w5- Knight 6w7- Witch/Ace

7w6- Bard(female: Voice) 7w8- Rogue

8w7- Chief 8w9- Sage

9w8- Sylph(male: Duke) 9w1- Monk

The next part of the test is determining what level you are in your enneagram type. 

Go to http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ and click on the number that corresponds with the FIRST number from your title.

For example, I got 4w3, the Page, so I’d click the link to 4- The Individualist.

Scroll down to the ‘levels’ and choose which one sounds like what level you are at.

I am level 3. 

The last part of the test is your Aspect, based on the cattell 16 factor test here: http://similarminds.com/cattell-16-factor.html

Here’s where things get a bit complicated.

First, look at Tension and Anxiety. Take your score in Tension and subtract it from 100. This is your new Tension score. Do the same thing for Anxiety. 

(Ex. If you got 30% on Tension, use 70% as the number representing it.)

ONLY TENSION AND ANXIETY ARE WEIRD.

For picking your aspect:

If you were level 1-4, your aspect responds to your highest factor.

If you were level 5-9, your aspect responds to your lowest factor.

The aspects are as follows (4 are non-canon):

Warmth - Light /  Intellect - Mind 

Emotional Stability - Blood / Aggressiveness - Blaze

Liveliness - Life / Dutifulness - Form

Social Assertiveness - Breath / Sensitivity - Heart

Paranoia - Keys / Abstractness - Space

Introversion - Void / Anxiety - Doom

Open-mindedness - Hope / Independence - Time

Perfectionism - Zen / Tension - Rage

So, since I scored highest on Open-mindedness, I am the Hero of Hope.

After finishing the test, I am the Page of Hope! (Jake’s Title yay!)

IN THE EVENT OF A TIE BETWEEN ASPECTS:

If they tied for highest, choose what you think is your greatest strength, or what you think represents you best. If they tied for lowest, choose what you think you need to work on the most to grow.

Symbols for the 4 non-canon ones here: http://thepageofhopes.tumblr.com/post/14384024069/here-are-the-4-symbols-for-the-non-canon-handles

Costumes provided by the lovely seyvee here: http://seyvee.tumblr.com/post/23967844858/god-tier-request-list-closed

So what does all this MEAN?

Kanaya remarked that the titles were meant to CHALLENGE. The game of Sburb is all about growing up and becoming the best you can be. 

What do the Titles mean?

The titles represent what you need to learn through the game.

Sparks need to work to bring change and to set a good example for others

Heirs need to learn to communicate and organize and work with others to get things done.

Maids/Serfs need to take care of others, even if they go un-noticed. 

Stars need to learn to share their talents without getting caught up in self-importance or narcissism.

Princes/Queens need to learn to become less image focused and less narcissistic.

Thieves need to learn to trust others and become less image focused.

Pages need to learn to get out of the background and showcase themselves.

Souls need to learn to focus and expand/utilize their creativity.

Seers need to learn to utilize their intuition to guide others.

Mages need to learn to realize their skills and not get caught up in self-deprecation.

Knights need to learn to stand by their friends and remove the mask they put on for others. 

Witches/Aces need to learn to inspire and motivate, as well as stay optimistic.

Bards/Voices need to learn how to spread mirth and help others enjoy life.

Rogues need to learn control and independence.

Chiefs need to learn to channel their aggressive nature productively and to coordinate others.

Sages need to learn to calm their aggression into silent power and wisdom

Sylphs/Dukes need to learn to take care of others with their inner strength and power.

Monks need to learn to balance between others and teach others.

Well, where do the aspects tie in then?

FIRST: I don't particularly like the names the test site gives the 16 types. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Personality_Factors gives better names and descriptions of what each factor is. 

So, after looking at your factor:

For levels 1-4, it means utilizing what you are best at. i.e., Feferi, the Witch of Life utilizes her high liveliness to motivate others and stay optimistic. 

For levels 5-9, it means growing in an area that you need more of. i.e, Tavros, the Page of Breath needed to get out of Vriska’s shadow and come into his own by growing more bold and standing up to her. 

For Doom/Rage, it works a bit differently as well. 

For levels 1-4, Not having much Tension/Apprehension is a double-edged sword. Being completely laid back doesn’t get much done, and not having any apprehension means leaping into things that might cause big problems later. For these, you are not only utilizing your LACK of Tension/Apprehension, you also have to learn to grow some of it.

For 5-9, it means gaining control over said Anxiety/Tension: becoming more confident and less stressed. 

Other examples-

Eridan, the Prince of Hope needed to be more open-minded to the changes happening, like how the hemospectrum became obsolete. If he had done this, and become less narcissistic, he would’ve been able to better handle the challenges the game presented him with. 

Dave, the Knight of Time, needs more independence (Terezi mentions this a couple of times) so he can better stand by his friends and eventually remove his 'aloof cool-kid’ mask. 

Now go! Reblog what your title is! I’m quite curious to see which ones are common!

Hopefully, this gives you stuff to think about! Enneagram and the 16 factors are interesting to look into!

Have a question about your non-canon aspect, or aspects in general? Check the Explanations of Titles/Aspects link on the side! 

Have a question about what your title means? Ask a question! READ THE RULES ABOVE THE ASK BOX FIRST.

Want to learn more about your enneagram type/wing? The personality cafe forums are the place to head!

I am currently writing a fanfiction that is a battle royale between every god tier title. Maybe yours is there, or will be next! 

http://archiveofourown.org/works/473542/chapters/819909

The next step is to find out your land here: http://thepageofhopes.tumblr.com/post/16514183005/homestuck-land-test-guide

[danganronpaheadcanons]

Don’t leave me alone with a laptop late at night

[fiqhtmilk]

[risottos-blog]

someone just walked past giving me a really weird look and i was almost offended until i remembered whats on the back of my laptop

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[timetraveldean]

[bmwiid]

omg

[wittywallflower-deactivated2018]

REblog if you are Asexual, support Asexuals, or spend most of your time actually thinking about Superheroes.

[whitepeopletwitter]

Implied correlation vs reality

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

…feEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL FOR YOU ONLY YOU CAN LET IT IN

[behind-xemnas]

Alternative responses from the DR1 Cast

[docochocart]

I miss them so much

[tamatanz]

This is not welcomed in a school environment.

Original post!

[conspiracryptid]

“Why be straight and cis when you can be- THE LGBT MOVEMENT HAS SPENT YEARS TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE IT ISNT A CHOICE SHUT UP

[jamtar05]

背中バッテンになってるのやたら可愛く見える侍

[languages-georg-blog]

So I used to have a Russian friend who had a pretty thick accent and like a lot of Russians tended to eschew articles. She would say things like “Get in car.” And stuff.

Well one day this asshole who had been kind of tagging along with us asks her why she talks like that because it makes her sound dumb and I still remember her response word for word.

“Me? Dumb? Maybe in America you have to say get in THE car because you are so stupid that people might just get in random car, but in Russia we don’t need to say that. We just fucking know because we are not stupid.”

[annarcho-nicolesmith]

One time I was proof reading a paper for a Russian student. As I was correcting her paper with her, the many mistakes in her grammar started weighing on her. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, almost sobbing,

“In Russian I am so intelligent and clear. In English I am like [an] idiot”

Respect to anyone trying to master a foreign language. I get so sad thinking about that student.

[pomme-poire-peche]

[lady-byleth]

Full offense but people who make fun of someone else’s accent or belittle their limited vocabulary when they’re speaking a language not native to them are fucking disgusting and are just begging to be punched.

They’re speaking your language because you don’t know theirs. That’s not something they should be made fun of, it’s something that should be commended because learning a language is hard fucking work.

I hate people who do this so much.

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Fatal Frame (2014)