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      • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        I read the phrase “dictatorship of the wealthy” for the first time the other day. It always seemed obvious but, to see it put that way struck me as novel.

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      10 days ago

      Wealth hoarding. It’s a mental illness.

      But because they are hoarding money instead of toilet paper, pokemon cards or empty soda cans, they are somehow smart and we should worship them, instead of locking them in an institution.

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        9 days ago

        The answer is simple. Wealth makes others serve you and diminshes or sometimes outright removes consequences.

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      10 days ago

      Without the greed mindset we just couldn’t possibly comprehend the benefits of turning our limited drinking water into more “art” than an artist ever wanted to create in the first place.