Nah, might as well do it right. There’s a few thousand billionaires in the world, so it’s much more economical to build it to last than to skimp on materials and having to build new ones all the time.
i see what you’re saying….
i would counter that, several hundred pine & sheetmetal guillotines would get the job done a lot easier, plus a lot better for mass production….
honestly i’m okay with an axe… but for showmanship a nice softwood like pine will show the blood a lot better over time…. could even roughen it up with sandpaper so the blood absorbs better….
The trouble is, you have to account for transport costs that way. Either to bring it to them, or them to it. A Redundant Array of Inexpensive Decapitators (or RAID array) gives you higher throughput, better resilience to component failures and can lower your total costs versus building a single entity that is robust enough to be as reliable.
I am, of course joking. Unfortunately, just eliminating billionaires, cathartic though it might be, wouldn’t actually solve any problems as it doesn’t meaningfully redistribute that wealth, or stop someone else accumulating in the same way, only with better personal security. It’s going to take changing the system at a much deeper, more fundamental, level than that. At the point it becomes actively undesirable to the individual to accumulate that much wealth, and I don’t think mere threats to their physical safety will do that, you’ve effectively decapitated capitalism.
It was either purchased by my father, or my uncle. The answer has been lost to time as both are long deceased. At times it was in one’s house until it was stolen back by the other, and vice versa. Both men warred over who it belonged to for years, nearly tore a chunk of the family apart. Normal ass hammer bought at a Canadian Tire in the 80s.
Now its in my hands, where it waits to be drawn and cannot be put away until a nail is driven.
are you including the price of tools?
I already have the tools I’d need just budgeting for hardware, lumber, and steel for the blade.
sheet metal should work fine for the blade…
and i don’t suppose we need the nicest lumber for that…
Nah, might as well do it right. There’s a few thousand billionaires in the world, so it’s much more economical to build it to last than to skimp on materials and having to build new ones all the time.
i see what you’re saying….
i would counter that, several hundred pine & sheetmetal guillotines would get the job done a lot easier, plus a lot better for mass production….
honestly i’m okay with an axe… but for showmanship a nice softwood like pine will show the blood a lot better over time…. could even roughen it up with sandpaper so the blood absorbs better….
just noticed your username… as long as we can put the head on pikes, i’m signing off on it
The trouble is, you have to account for transport costs that way. Either to bring it to them, or them to it. A Redundant Array of Inexpensive Decapitators (or RAID array) gives you higher throughput, better resilience to component failures and can lower your total costs versus building a single entity that is robust enough to be as reliable.
I am, of course joking. Unfortunately, just eliminating billionaires, cathartic though it might be, wouldn’t actually solve any problems as it doesn’t meaningfully redistribute that wealth, or stop someone else accumulating in the same way, only with better personal security. It’s going to take changing the system at a much deeper, more fundamental, level than that. At the point it becomes actively undesirable to the individual to accumulate that much wealth, and I don’t think mere threats to their physical safety will do that, you’ve effectively decapitated capitalism.
I have a hammer with a mysterious legacy that can be donated to the cause!
I am intrigued. Tell me more about this “mysterious legacy”.
It was either purchased by my father, or my uncle. The answer has been lost to time as both are long deceased. At times it was in one’s house until it was stolen back by the other, and vice versa. Both men warred over who it belonged to for years, nearly tore a chunk of the family apart. Normal ass hammer bought at a Canadian Tire in the 80s.
Now its in my hands, where it waits to be drawn and cannot be put away until a nail is driven.
Haha, the Hammer of Angantyr.