Just a shower realisation… I never associated the two words before but it’s so obviously true.

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    Withholding that amount of resources from others when you have no need for them yourself is a political position.

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      23 hours ago

      certainly extreme to delude yourself it’s rightfully yours

      while least effectively of anyone alive making good use of that money

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        24 hours ago

        Really? You don’t see how wealth distribution relates to politics?

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          Of course I do, but that is not at all the question here.

          The question is whether or not individual billionaires are political extremists. And I don’t see why they would need to be. I’m sure a lot are, but that’s just a correlation.

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            24 hours ago

            Well, no, the comment I replied to was you saying how you don’t see how a billionaire withholding resources they don’t need from society is a political position. Which I found surprising, since distribution of resources is one of the primary concerns of politics.

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              23 hours ago

              Well, no, the comment I replied to

              Ok … but there is more context on the comments preceding that one.

              billionaire withholding resources they don’t need from society is a political position

              Well, they don’t think they are withholding resources, probably think they are helping with investments, trickledown and bullshit. So it’s literally not a political position they hold. It doesn’t even make sense as one as all it does would paint yourself as the problem.

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                23 hours ago

                Ok … but there is more context on the comments preceding that one.

                I’m not responsible for the comments of others. I replied to something you stated directly where the previous context really doesn’t make a difference. Particularly considering you are doubling down on that comment with

                Well, they don’t think they are withholding resources, probably think they are helping with investments, trickledown and bullshit. So it’s literally not a political position they hold. It doesn’t even make sense as one as all it does would paint yourself as the problem.

                Except if they believe more wealth should be distributed to them because they believe in trickle down economics… Uh, that’s political.

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                  23 hours ago

                  I’m not responsible for the comments of others.

                  Well, if you are unwilling or unable to have conversations that are more than one comment deep, I guess … bye.

                  believe in trickle down economics… Uh, that’s political.

                  Yes. But not extremist. It’s been the main talking point of republicans for years …

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                    I never talked about political extremism. The entire breadth of our conversation was limited to how you didn’t see how a billionaire thinking more wealth ought to be distributed to them was political. But that’s a silly position and I think you see that in hindsight, so you are trying to widen the conversation to include the extremism angle, which I never commented on.