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In reply to the discussion: Do you think billionaires ever feel like this? [View all]BlueTsunami2018
(4,832 posts)34. No. They don't view ANY of us as people.
Let alone a homeless person.
The ultra wealthy live in such a different world than the rest of us. Working people are there only to provide them with more wealth, were not actually people, were tools to be used, a means to their ends.
Now, I dont burst into tears seeing a homeless person or feel any guilt for having avoided that situation for myself thus far but I do empathize and I hate that we have a society where such is even possible.
Considering the amount of wealth in this country, the six basics should be available for every single person. Its criminal or at least should be that it isnt.
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No, I don't believe they do. These guys are soulless low empathy sociopaths (imo)...
wcmagumba
Aug 2025
#1
I honestly would hope that all people have those feelings deep down
senseandsensibility
Aug 2025
#10
Most billionaires - in this country anyway - rely on lawyers and accountants to protect their wealth
FakeNoose
Aug 2025
#40
Yes, they do. Which does not speak well of lawyers and accountants, to be honest.
OldBaldy1701E
Aug 2025
#49
The mind has to have soul energy to balance out the ego/survival effect of brain energy.
Karadeniz
Aug 2025
#11
Back in the day, rich people used to feel an obligation to help those less fortunate.
MIButterfly
Aug 2025
#15
In my wildest dreams I cannot imagine what a billionaire thinks. From those that
walkingman
Aug 2025
#16
No. Billionaires, by and large, are sociopaths. They are indifferent to anyone's suffering but their own.
Aristus
Aug 2025
#22
I have to tell you that I feel that way a lot, too--that I am so lucky I have what I need.
HeartsCanHope
Aug 2025
#27
No, I'm sure that not only do they have no sympathy, empathy or understanding,
FoxNewsSucks
Aug 2025
#28
No. Most No. The richest of them said: "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."
ancianita
Aug 2025
#35
Bill Gates is a Billionaire. He's committed to giving away his fortune through his Gates Foundation.
maxsolomon
Aug 2025
#37
I tend to think that empathyis more about individual disposition than wealth.
Torchlight
Aug 2025
#39
Keep the compassion, ditch the guilt. You have no need or cause for guilt. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2025
#41
wall street the movie- "greed is good." i shall never watch an oliver stone movie. reaganism still rules.
pansypoo53219
Aug 2025
#48
I only know of one. Many years ago I saw this billionaire give to a homeless man.
OLDMDDEM
Aug 2025
#51