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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

Tis a hard thing to keep in mind, but keep it in mind we must.

You can be wealthy and a good person, maybe even rich (up to a point) and a good person, but when you reach the level of Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, and other titans of this second Gilded Age, it is nearly impossible.

I wouldn't say impossible, but so improbable due to the inherent corruption of the sheer wealth of the position they're in that it takes a titanic level of inner willpower to maintain one's humility.

Most people at that level of wealth—hell, most people—are not that strong.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A wise person once said, "It's not possible to make a billion dollars in a year. It is, however, possible to steal a billion dollars in a year." You have to be stealing value from somebody along the production chain to be accumulating that kind of wealth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For some reason, Lemmy is not letting me see your comment outside of my inbox. Weird. However, yeah, I agree completely with what you're saying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Lemmy moves in mysterious ways. It is not our place to question the actions of a higher being such at this. 😄

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