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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

“If you’re a billionaire, you want to stay a billionaire,” said Catsimatidis, whose net worth is estimated at $4.5 billion. It’s not just about his own wealth, he said, adding, “I worry about America and the way of life we have.”

Great news!

We can take 3.5 billion dollars from him, and he'd still stay a billionaire...

And it would help Americans and bring us closer to the better life we used to have.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I almost downvoted you for that horrible quote. Visceral reaction of disgust.

This type of delusion seems pretty much unavoidable once you become one.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Once you start playing the game (building capital rather than enjoying life) there is only one goal, one activity, one focus... Build more wealth. It's all a game and they hate losing points probably more than regular people hate losing the money that sustains their life.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm much more interested in how billionaires' power is ended.

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Imagine how much more thought provoking and hard hitting this article would be if the Post wasn’t owned by a billionaire.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Was it money? I bet they used their money to do it.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

As they say, the best investment you can make in America is buying a politician.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like politics being influenced by the wealthy isn't a recent development

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Billionaires should be illegal - tax them out of existence.

…or just hunt them down like the savages into which they constantly seem to want us to transform.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

So strange that this skyrocketed after 2010 🤔🤔🤔

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I watched this video yesterday, it explains it pretty well: https://youtu.be/PpyPB3BF-hQ

In 3 stages: 100 million, 1 billion, 100 billion. The obscenity of it all and how, gradually, influence becomes more important than money to these people.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

"Money -> greed - > corruption -> power"

That'll be one billion dollars. You're welcome.

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Tldr: naive American citizens lived their lives for them and funded them in exchange for escapism from the realities of what it authentically means to be human.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 days ago

Lol, get fucked