• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    21 days ago

    A question I have is once you are a billionaire, why do you need more money?

    What is there left that you can’t buy?

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      21 days ago

      It’s a dick measuring competition with their buddies at that point, at the expense of the rest of us.

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        21 days ago

        Not necessarily true. More money at that level isn’t about more material possessions or even more services: it’s about more power and influence. It’s playing toward oligarchy.

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          21 days ago

          I didn’t say anything about possessions and purchasing power, the competition in that echelon is about who has more ability to bend the world around them, thus the dick measuring comment.

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      21 days ago

      The personality required to “earn” a billion dollars off the backs of your working employees is exactly why it will never be enough for them. Have enough money that all your grandchildren’s entire lives are paid for? Then it’s now about control. Who can you influence and how much of your shitty mentality can you project onto others?

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      21 days ago

      People who want money for specific things and will eventually be satisfied stop long before reaching billionaire status.

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      19 days ago

      It’s an addiction, plain and simple. If the number isn’t going up, they’re not happy. They’re willing to do anything, hurt anyone, to get their fix.