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Stargazer99

(3,517 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 02:29 PM Jan 2025

In the Bible we are warned about worshipping mammom

It strikes me that the wealthy are worshipping wealth like it is god. The French in the 1700,s got fed up and responded to the evil of excessive wealth. What is that expression? karma is a bitch

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0rganism

(25,642 posts)
2. That ship sailed long long ago
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 03:00 PM
Jan 2025

Frankly, I'm not sure it was ever really docked for boarding -- just riding the tide on the edge of the harbor.

Oh well, looks like the love of money brings down yet another civilization. This time our successors may well be memetic rather than genetic. What value will the AIs place on human riches?

Jim__

(15,222 posts)
3. The French king was deep in debt - partially because he helped fund the American Revolution.
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 03:35 PM
Jan 2025

He tried to borrow the money from his rich aristocratic friends, but they said no. Then he asked them to let him raise their taxes temporarily so he could recover financially, but they said no. So, he had to call for a meeting of the Estates General. And then all hell broke loose.

Trump and his friends could easily step over the line.

Initech

(108,772 posts)
6. How is it possible that fuckhead dumps one of his stupid shit meme coins and it's worth $8 billion dollars?
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 04:04 PM
Jan 2025
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