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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I got into it with someone I worked with [who made exactly as much as me.] Asked what would someone buy with $5 billion that they couldn't get with $1 billion. He couldn't come up with something, but was still going to defend someone else's right to have it.

[–] dezmd@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Twitter in about 6 more months?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny, but you have to admit it was low hanging fruit.

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[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

At the expense of giving 100,000 people a $1000,000 raise, which would massively stimulate the economy.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And those 100,000 people being the country's industrial elite, the raise being tax breaks for those people, and the country being USA.

You could run on a over the counter GOP ticket.

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[–] Azteh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only issue I can think of is that when people reach that billion, they'll just close up shop cause why continue if your revenue is limited to your spending habits. I'd want the answer to that question to be "out of the goodness of my heart" or "to help people" but I sadly don't think a lot of them would do so

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When you can't have an engaging conversation about anything related to the wealthy because everyone has Stockholm Syndrome.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe if they simp hard enough the billionaire will see their hidden worth and befriend them.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

"Why are you poor? You clearly belong with us rich folk. Hop on, there's always room for one more, innit!"

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're all just as entitled as this character was too.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least Joffrey was actually rich though.

[–] fermuch@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They did depend on a big bank, didn't they? And they also used debt as a currency

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Isn't that how modern economy works?

[–] fermuch@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes! I tried to imply that. They are no different than modern rich

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

“We have this fantasy that our interests and the interests of the super rich are the same. Like somehow the rich will eventually get SO full that they'll explode. And the candy will rain down on the rest of us. Like they're some kind of pinata of benevolence. But here's the thing about a pinata: it doesn't open on its own. You have to beat it with a Stick.”

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