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9. K&R. Needs to be a whole book. "How billionaires become billionaires"

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 12:24 PM

19 hrs ago

Chapter 1: Crime
Chapter 2: Crime... if you did it
Chapter 3: By you paying more

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Pic Of The Moment: How You're Paying For Billionaires To Get Richer [View all] EarlG 21 hrs ago OP

Another transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich dalton99a 21 hrs ago #1

Somebody had to pay for those campaign contributions to Trump...... SergeStorms 21 hrs ago #2

Started with Reagan orangecrush 21 hrs ago #3

K&R LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #4

Those AI datacenters are being built for cryptocurrency generators FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #5

Unbelievably stupid jfz9580m 19 hrs ago #6

I think about how the ancient Romans died out from lead poisoning FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #7

They haven't figured out how to make a profit from AI yet FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #12

Quantity discounts relayerbob 19 hrs ago #8

K&R. Needs to be a whole book. "How billionaires become billionaires" ck4829 19 hrs ago #9

AI Companies Been Buying Up modrepub 18 hrs ago #11

The big consumers can dictate or negotiate the price the pay. Aussie105 10 hrs ago #14