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Pity the Billionaire

Post by xenophon » Thu, May 05, 2022, 7:48 PM UTC

Pity the Billionaire
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Re: Pity the Billionaire

Post by PaulHoule » Thu, May 05, 2022, 7:58 PM UTC

See

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_class

which started out as an internal complaint in the communist world and became increasingly central to right-wing thought in the west since the 1970s, also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerated_workers%27_state

Re: Pity the Billionaire

Post by metadat » Thu, May 05, 2022, 8:48 PM UTC

He's only worth 1.7 billion USD? I don't believe it, unless he made terrible investments during the pandemic.

The whole thing stinks.

Re: Pity the Billionaire

Post by username223 » Fri, May 06, 2022, 1:04 PM UTC

Sadly, while it can buy mansions, islands, planes, and even rockets, money can buy neither love nor self-awareness.

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