Love me some billionaires ☺️

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    • cattywampus@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Getting people fighting over political identity is a classic move. If they dare befriend one another then that’s a problem. Remember, never get over your differences, the rich and powerful depend on it. Politics is religion2.0 where you are unquestionably right and anyone who disagrees with you is the spawn of Satan sent to earth to destroy everything and you should hate them eternally without an ounce of doubt.

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    The trick is to get them fighting about anything besides how the rich are abusing the poor. Get them fighting over race, culture, sexuality, political affiliation, immigration, gender, really anything will work. The moment they start waking up just hit them with a new crisis like an impromptu war or domestic terror attack, even a pandemic if you really need to.

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    Thinking the stripper likes you, thinking the streamer/tuber cares about you, thinking the politician cares about you, thinking the celebrity is genuine, etc.

    • waz@feddit.uk
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      IDGAF if you think that, but you still understood it? Maybe it does.

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      8 days ago

      You have to be a monster to get to billions. The only way to get that much money, is simply to sap it from other hardworking people.

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        Not exactly though. Most billionaires don’t have billions liquid. It’s from them making millions in business and then investing in stocks, ETFs, and buying existing businesses. Is Mr. Wonderful evil? Few billionaires just make money off the backs of middle class workers directly. In China where they pay workers like $5 a week and they can’t leave…that is evil In the USA it’s mostly from portfolio growth and they then borrow against what their portfolio is worth for tax free cash.

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        So if I start a business, save up 20mil, sell the business for 40mil, invest all my money, my investments do incredibly well and become worth over a billion, I’m evil?

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          So to be clear, in this hypothetical, your investments netted you a cool 2500% return, and then you hoarded all the money for yourself?