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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel like your chances of seeing one of the dozens of people who hold like half the wealth in the world is pretty slim on the street.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

ah but we know who they are no? that means we can find them.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I hope your bow skills are enough to kill their armed bodyguards first.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

I bet a couple dead goons would convince the rest to find safer employment. They do that job because they know there's very little risk protecting some rich asshole

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

During revolutionary conditions a lot of bodyguards end up, you know... taking stock of where their class interests lie, if you know what I mean.

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[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

i can learn

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hear there are ways to track their private jets...

On a completely unrelated note: Ukraine has been modding off the shelf drones for aerial recon and munitions deployment.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of them are paying teams of retired Navy seals to protect themselves.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Good, I like my toys durable

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think that particular game is hunted on the streets.

They have meticulously maintained resorts, islands, megayachts, etc for exact purpose.

It's no proper sport tho, once the staff stops protecting them, they just stand there sucking their thumbs.

But it's still fully worth it, once the kill is done & the empire (for at least a moment) falls, nature can't believe what just finally happened, etc.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

tactical raids on those properties.

let's have it out.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fire and smoke are powerful tools. Can't stay in a bunker forever if you can't pull air into it.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, historically speaking un-tactical raids (pitchforks & torches) worked, however they did buy up a lot more police/military personnel since then.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

pretty soon they'll have formidable robots to replace the unloyal labor.

and so it begins

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Sure would be a shame if someone pointed a big fuck-off electromagnet in that direction eh

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

The true clarity is class consciousness :3

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just rewatched some Hawkeye episodes. I'm down with this. brb got to make some more special arrows.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your important research.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why would you us a bow? Range is poor, and lethality is also low, esp. with the access the the ultra-wealthy have to medicine. When you hunt deer with a bow, you can usually expect to have to follow a blood trail, as it's rarely an instant drop.

Use a .300 Winchester magnum from 1000 yards; at that distance, you still have about 850 foot-pounds of energy, which is roughly double a 9mm at point black range. With the right ammo, that's more than enough to get the job done. You probably want a combined mechanical and ammunition accuracy of about .5 MOA range though, so that you have deviation of less than 6" at that range. It's a challenging shot, but it's definitely doable if you know your holds and can call the wind.

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bows can be roughly created from easily available materials, making it impossible to ban the ownership of.

[–] within_epsilon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Banning ownership becomes a game of catch. Use whatever you have: 7.62x51mm, arrows, rocks, ect.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And you can swap scopes depending on, uh, context.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I always fall asleep thinking of that scene in dark Knight rises where people are raiding the rich homes. Lovely

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ah yes, the life i yearn for

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But what are you going to eat once you run out of rich people?

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the food that i bought/exchanged from my local farmer for a fair price

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And what are you going to pay him with?

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

if money is not existent at this point, i will, as mentioned in my original comment, exchange it for something else, be it other goods, or my services as a mechanic, electrician, metal worker, or IT-support (yes i know, kind of an outlier)

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you think a complex, modern society can be run on barter trade, I have some bad news for you.

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[–] daltotron@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

I would like to point out that this is just what robin hood is

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm not against but I feel like we have to establish boundaries. Like how rich is rich game? Is a weathy dude huntable? What about people that won the lotery? I Imagine billionaires are the better target right?!

[–] Shizrak@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As with any hunt, the biggest ones are the most impressive. Nobody's going to commend you for taking down a scrawny one when there are billion point bucks out there.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So it's like the purge but with points or is it like the french revolution?! (Not that they are were very different lol)

Just want to make sure of the rules so I don't kill my neighbour accidentally

Anyone without capital is off limits

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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

I don't know. Personally I'm a fan of Piyu style reeducation (or at least a more modern and humane version of it).

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

Now I need to see a photo shop of a Post brand cereal named Nut Clarity, with picture of fuzzy almonds floating in milk.

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