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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 25 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

This, really, is what gets me about billionaires. Literally any of them could have just faded into obscurity years ago, lived a life of abject luxury and never had a single worry. Or, they could have spent like 10% of their wealth on improving things for society as a whole, and everyone would have loved them for it. But no - they all had to just focus on hoarding more and more and making things worse and worse for everyone else. It's fucking baffling to me.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 14 hours ago

It shouldn't be baffling, it's obvious what the problem is. These people have crippling OCD, which manifests itself as financial hoarding. These people have more money than they or their descendants could ever spend, and yet they are compelled to make more and more, and even pay to reconfigure the government so they can make even more.

If these people were hoarding cats, or rusty cars, or old appliances, or newspapers, etc. to the point where it is negatively impacting all those who live around them, then the authorities would step in, clean it up, and get help for that person.

But not financial hoarders. They are lauded as successful business people, and they get full cooperation from the government in service to their OCD. Their crimes are overlooked, and are sometimes even turned into laws. They are encouraged to DEMAND more money from the government for no reason at all, and it is almost always granted.

Donald Trump has it worst of all, and we allowed him to become president, even though his obvious and mind-boggling mental illness is on full display at all times.

These people are severely mentally ill, and our government encourages their mental illness. The way to handle someone like that is to STOP their behavior, not coddle it, especially when it is actively doing so much damage.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

Capitalism is a mental illness. What do you expect?

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

They want ever more power and control. Money is just a tool to get that. Most billionaires are sociopaths.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

We only ever hear about billionaires who go about to fuck everybody's life. Just tell me a few of those people you are talking about

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

That's entirely their point.