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Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by et-al »

cons0le wrote: post #16
dataviz1000 wrote: post #5

> landed a $10 billion software contract with the U.S. Army The United States has ~$38,000,000,000,000 in debt which means a baby born in the US will get $1000 in Trump Bucks to invest in S&P 500 along with a $111,000 share of that debt with its $3,000 a year interest per person. Can someone explain to me how long this will be sustainable? I'm a little sad that I'm not getting any free borrowed money in order to funn…

I notice that when anyone says anything negative about the rich on the internet, people show up at lightspeed like you insulted their mom to defend them

Because we're all temporarily embarrassed startup founders who haven't exited yet.

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by pbreit »

verdverm wrote: post #34
pbreit wrote: post #32

How are people irate about this?

People see the rich getting richer while they struggle. This is your daily reminder we live in a segregated society

Why does this bother people? Who cares? There's always going to be stratification. Has literally no impact on anyone. Is it just jealousy?

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

rboyd wrote: post #6

I donno. Seems like a maintenance nightmare made easier only when you got a cenobium living on the grounds.

The unfortunate fact of the matter is that religious vocations in the Catholic Church are way more rare than they used to be. The church sometimes struggles to have enough priests to meet the needs of the parishes, let alone having enough monks to keep up all the monasteries.

Since there aren't enough monks, the church would have to pay people to come in and maintain the place - but they can't really afford that. So, either they let these beautiful places crumble and decay, or they sell them to someone who will hopefully be able to take care of it. Between the two, the latter seems like the least bad option to me. I certainly wish that these places could stay as part of the church and not be some billionaire's home, but I would rather they be a billionaire's home than go to ruin.

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by verdverm »

pbreit wrote: post #35
verdverm wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People see the rich getting richer while they struggle. This is your daily reminder we live in a segregated society

Why does this bother people? Who cares? There's always going to be stratification. Has literally no impact on anyone. Is it just jealousy?

This is the CEO of Palentir, one of the more dubious or evil companies out there

The stratification has become much worse the last few decades and the trend is not showing signs of slowing. This cannot be taken out of context of the larger going ons in the US and the world. People see the kleptocracy because they are so brazen they do it right out in the open

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by therobots927 »

bogwog wrote: post #33
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #29

The ego of these people is humorous.

Do not laugh at the billionaire. Laughing at billionaires is the antichrist.

I am trying to figure out why you’re getting downvoted. Maybe not enough people are picking up on your sarcasm?

Re: Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palantir CEO for $120M

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Post by sam_lowry_ »

therobots927 wrote: post #39
bogwog wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do not laugh at the billionaire. Laughing at billionaires is the antichrist.

I am trying to figure out why you’re getting downvoted. Maybe not enough people are picking up on your sarcasm?

I guess he is referring to Peter Tiel, but the reference is too subtle even for HN public.
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