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0 pointsjacquesm3mo ago0 comments

I think the theory is something like 'ok, the bucket will be smaller but we're the same so effectively we will grow' where 'we' is the wealthy assholes that power this movement.

The fact that a couple of million (billion?) people could die as a result of their landgrab is none of their concern. The billionaire class appears to be divorced from reality to a very dangerous degree, and there are enough useful idiots willing to hand them their support to make this a very dangerous time. I don't think we've ever been closer to potentially losing it all than we are right now.

You're looking at 'divide and conquer' on a scale that we have never seen before and there are enough dominoes falling already that I don't even know if it still can be arrested.

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scns3mo ago

A disregard for other people seems to be a prerequisite to becoming that wealthy for me. Hope i'm wrong, guess the good ones don't make the news. Surely they must exist

saubeidl3mo ago

I think if you cared even a little bit about other people, you'd realize that after say, ten million, your life is gonna be pretty damn sweet already and you'd try to help other people with your money instead of buying yachts.

To become a billionaire requires sociopathic disregard for the suffering of others and a pathological need for more.

There's no such thing as a good billionaire.

jacquesmOP3mo ago

> you'd realize that after say, ten million

If you don't realize it by two you never will. Really, this is completely out of proportion by now, Marie Antoinette was a pauper by the standards these people live by.

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AnthonyMouse3mo ago

> I think if you cared even a little bit about other people, you'd realize that after say, ten million, your life is gonna be pretty damn sweet already and you'd try to help other people with your money instead of buying yachts.

In general their money isn't money, it's stock. The thing it buys them is being the CEO of their company instead of letting Wall St pick someone even worse.

The real problem is that companies are now so large that you'd have to be a multi-billionaire to have a controlling interest.

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0 pointsjacquesm3mo ago0 comments

I think the theory is something like 'ok, the bucket will be smaller but we're the same so effectively we will grow' where 'we' is the wealthy assholes that power this movement.

You're looking at 'divide and conquer' on a scale that we have never seen before and there are enough dominoes falling already that I don't even know if it still can be arrested.

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scns3mo ago

A disregard for other people seems to be a prerequisite to becoming that wealthy for me. Hope i'm wrong, guess the good ones don't make the news. Surely they must exist

saubeidl3mo ago

To become a billionaire requires sociopathic disregard for the suffering of others and a pathological need for more.

There's no such thing as a good billionaire.

jacquesmOP3mo ago

> you'd realize that after say, ten million

If you don't realize it by two you never will. Really, this is completely out of proportion by now, Marie Antoinette was a pauper by the standards these people live by.

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AnthonyMouse3mo ago

In general their money isn't money, it's stock. The thing it buys them is being the CEO of their company instead of letting Wall St pick someone even worse.

The real problem is that companies are now so large that you'd have to be a multi-billionaire to have a controlling interest.

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