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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Fuck all billionaires. Including this Mexican one idfc what he did to musk

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I would hesitate before judging someone purely on one statistic but it's difficult to imagine how one amasses that sort of money ethically. If I asked you to think of a billionaire that you would leave in charge of children, who would you pick? Bill Gates perhaps, Warren Buffet? It's slim pickings.

Jon Ronson advanced the idea that psychopathy is over-represented in the CEO class and presented some compelling examples in his book, The Psychopath Test.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If I asked you to think of a billionaire that you would leave in charge of children, who would you pick? Bill Gates perhaps

Bill flew on the Lolita Express repeatedly, so I hope nobody chooses that one

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

It's an extremely fraught decision, for sure.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

it’s difficult to imagine how one amasses that sort of money ethically

It simply can't be done. How can it be ethical to earn millions times more than you could ever need, while others are in need of it. That's unethical regardless of if how it was earned. Not a big Jesus fan, but he's quite right about the need to share with those in need.

[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Inb4 a lunch mobb forms for Billionaire George Lucas...