• whithom@discuss.online
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    17 days ago

    I disagree. Rich isn’t millions. It’s billions. No person needs a billion dollars, and you don’t get a billion dollars by contributing to humanity. You get it by cheating, stealing, and abusing a corrupt system. People who don’t want to get rid of them want to be them, and have the false idea that one day they can.

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      16 days ago

      Lots of people would consider anyone who’s a millionaire to be “rich”.

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        16 days ago

        There’s a big difference between having millions and having billions. No one should have enough money to buy a small country, or… spend hundreds of millions on influencing politics. Or, buying 100 houses without making a dent in your pocket.

        That’s, as they say, “fuck you money.” No one needs that kind of money.

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                15 days ago

                The rich want you to think anyone who doesn’t live paycheck to paycheck is rich, so you fight them, when the real problem is much deeper. But I can understand how these concepts elude you. They do a good job at brainwashing.

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                  14 days ago

                  That’s not what rich people want anyone to think. Not sure where you get that idea.