• AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Why do people keep thinking that billionaires have our best interests at heart?

    There are some nice low-end millionaires. There are no nice billionaires. Plain and simple. You don’t become a billionaire by being nice and playing nicely.

    Billionaires do not want to get into politics for the good of the people or the world. Ever. Full stop.

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      3 hours ago

      My favorite quote is “What can you do with seven billion that you can’t do with four?” from the Entrapment (1999).

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      11 hours ago

      It’s the thinking part that’s left out.

      People are easily swayed by implanting feelings in them over media that are buyable.