The Powerball jackpot's at $1.55 billion. Immediate cash value is $679 million. Certainly not enough to abolish all of the police, but after taxes, we could perhaps try to bribe the city of Atlanta double the amount of the police budget in exchange for abolishing their department. Unfortunately, (1) they'd never take the deal and (2) we'd be murdered by either the police or the feds or at least indicted for sponsoring terrorism. Therefore we'll need to save some of the money for security that can't be infiltrated and lawyers and/or judges to have our backs.

What, then? Fund every Stop Cop City org beyond their wildest dreams? Saturate the airwaves? Buy a few city councilors?

Since the odds of winning are 1-in-292.2 million, we should just donate to an active org directly instead of wasting our two dollars, obviously. But what the hell. I saw the jackpot and couldn't help wondering what it could do in the right hands.

  • Wertheimer [any]
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    9 months ago

    Right. So how to use the funds as quickly as possible, before your assets are frozen?

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      I think you'd have to spend it in a way where you'd get the state working against itself.

      It may not be the most effective, dollar for dollar, but you could buy ads and blanket the airwaves and fund some think tanks to start moving the Overton window.

      That way, you'd have people wanting to get the money, who could apply pressure to the government to keep the money flowing.

      This assumes however that they just all don't refuse to take the money. Accepting it may jeopardize other revenue streams that are more "safe"

    • GaveUp [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      Just move all the money out of USA into a Swiss bank account or some other neutral/enemy state of the US first