• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    12 hours ago

    Power. At some point money stops being what it is to most people and becomes leverage to do things. The truly wealthy don’t have to worry about having the ability to buy things, they shift to being able to influence and control stuff. Now, that can certainly be used for good, so there’s the difference between the perceived good and bad billionaire.

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      11 hours ago

      Now that’s a totally different argument, but it’s bullshit

      Being a billionaire means you cease to be a person. Your personal finances are a corporation that does nothing but take

      Point to a good billionaire. I’ll point you to a PR firm and probably pictures at Epstein’s Island with half naked children

      There are no good billionaires. That’s both prescrive and descriptive, it’s just not a real thing for a whole host of reasons