Cards Against Humanity redistributes wealth to poorest subscribers to ‘save America’

In a win for socialist principles, the game company Cards Against Humanity says it has redistributed money from the rich to the poor.

The company, which launched a campaign to “save America” last month, concocted a relatively simple redistribution program funded by donations from subscribers. The subscribers were asked to include demographic information, such as their race, debt and occupation.

Then it gave away $250,000, with $1,000 going to the seemingly 100 poorest subscribers and about enough money for a meal for two going to 10,000 slightly less disadvantaged people.

“Today, eight men own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity (almost 4 billion people),” the company writes on its website. “That is truly f***ed. But none of us feel like we can do anything about it.”

Last month, the company announced its “Cards Against Humanity Saves America” program, comprised of six “America-saving surprises” funded with the donations.

“Our lawyers advised against our first choice — a campaign to eat all the rich people and live in their houses — so we settled for something more achievable,” the company writes.

The first endeavor aimed to delay President Donald Trump’s initiative to build a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border.

The company purchased a plot of land along the border and hired attorneys to “make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.”

In all, 150,000 people signed up for “Cards Against Humanity Saves America,” each donating $15, according to Time.

That means the company raised more than $2 million to fund its six programs.

Some of those who received money from the company in the redistribution program are featured on its website.

Ari Kari from Washington was one of the 100 who received $1,000.

“My first purchase would be a plane ticket for my ten-year-old son to come spend spring break with me,” she wrote. “He lives in Las Vegas with his dad and I can’t ever afford to see him more than twice a year. The rest would probably just spoil him as he deserves.”

This story was originally published December 15, 2017 at 8:33 AM with the headline "Cards Against Humanity redistributes wealth to poorest subscribers to ‘save America’."