Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The billionaires aren't OK; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/robo-lickspittle/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The billionaires aren't OK; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/robo-lickspittle/
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"This is a recipe for crawling up your own asshole and dying"
Okay sure the first part, but when do we get to the second part, please?
@pluralistic I feel sorry for billionaires. These are people who will never write a poem, who will never pay taxes, and who probably have someone help them when they go to the toilet.
Perhaps RFK should concentrate on finding the cause of billionairism, instead of whatever bullshit he's up to today.
That would make for an interesting study to see how every billion dollar increment in net worth increases dark triad personality traits.
I believe some of it is shaped socially. The super rich are a tiny, but socially networked enclave. We see this with NRx.
They tell themselves they are the smartest people in the world and all their underlings reaffirm it.
They live in a self reinforcing bubble. This is why there should be a cap on wealth and company size
The billionaires aren't OK: They're going to give us all Howard Hughes disease.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115259366927787844
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* A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-powerful-people-just-dont (h/t Today in Tabs)
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