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Martin Eden

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16. Very interesting insight that very likely hits the nail on the head

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:08 PM

Apr 20

Wealth and power should carry with it ethics, empathy, and a desire to build a more sustainable future with equal rights and opportunity for all humanity.

Dangerously, the opposite is true. The level of wealth the article addresses turns these multi billionaires into sociopathic lords whose vision for the future is unfettered freedom for themselves and subservience or worse for everyone else.

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What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos's Private Retreat [View all] UpInArms Apr 20 OP

This is exactly why billionaires (trillionaires?) should be taxed out of existence. Moostache Apr 20 #1

rich folk hem AllaN01Bear Apr 20 #5

I could not agree more! City Lights Apr 20 #10

If they don't figure it out, someone will force the lesson upon them. ms liberty Apr 20 #13

Yeah, but it won't happen. They control the government, the media, even a vast majority of voters. progressoid Apr 20 #17

That's not freedom. GoodRaisin Tuesday #48

There are 3,400 billionaires in the world... OGBuzz Apr 20 #25

and not a single of of them keroro gunsou Apr 20 #36

The idea that a billionaire SurfLiberal Tuesday #53

Thanks I'm kicking this for a later read fujiyamasan Apr 20 #2

Important discussion Johnny2X2X Apr 20 #3

Nassim Taleb Describes modrepub Apr 20 #11

That's just how capitalism rolls Farmer-Rick Tuesday #55

Not A Fan Of Marx modrepub Tuesday #57

I'm no expert but.....Schumpeter's creative destruction Farmer-Rick Tuesday #63

Where Schumpteter Failed modrepub Tuesday #68

Agreed. And power control. Money to own and control the corporations and institutions we all depend on lostnfound Apr 20 #18

It's important to understand these people who control so much of the world Johnny2X2X Apr 20 #23

The super rich become so wealthy they think they have become part of the royalty class. magicarpet Apr 20 #30

Succession Johnny2X2X Tuesday #54

So very accurate and true.... present day billionaires lacking the brains or ambitions to contribute to,... magicarpet Tuesday #56

And the groveling is harmful to them Johnny2X2X Tuesday #58

Yes, and Trump's followers all believe Trump created all that wealth for himself. raging moderate Tuesday #66

$1/2 Billion in Manhattan real estate Johnny2X2X Tuesday #73

Americans have worshipped wealth for a long time misanthrope Tuesday #70

And wealth -- not even extreme wealth -- blunts compassion and morality. pat_k Apr 20 #43

A great argument for why there should be no such Hey Joe Apr 20 #4

the rich never gave a hoot hoot hoot about us and YOU CANT TAKE IT WITH YOU! AllaN01Bear Apr 20 #6

Research demonstrates that wealth reduces compassion and morality, so that Eye of the Needle bit is spot on!! pat_k Tuesday #51

thanks for your insight. AllaN01Bear Tuesday #61

the world and other people exist only to be acted upon patphil Apr 20 #7

For many of them, I'm sure this is true. But, not for all Joinfortmill Apr 20 #8

The majority and damn few understand or care what they are doing to other people Stargazer99 Tuesday #59

And now the billionaires have the propaganda tools to keep the people in their slumber.... Mysterian Apr 20 #9

I read this and that was some article kimbutgar Apr 20 #12

The billionaires become psychopaths. Brutal, ruthless psychopaths. Irish_Dem Apr 20 #14

One of our society's biggest problems is that we have millionaires and billionaires deciding what is affordable. Wounded Bear Apr 20 #15

Very interesting insight that very likely hits the nail on the head Martin Eden Apr 20 #16

Research shows this. pat_k Apr 20 #42

Yes, until the masses turn out with pitchforks and torches paleotn Apr 20 #19

The French Revolution could be a blueprint Wednesdays Apr 20 #35

Citizens United ended the protection for regular Americans SupportSanity Apr 20 #20

Thanks for this link. progressoid Apr 20 #21

Money, more is never enough. multigraincracker Apr 20 #22

Once again what is most stunning about this misanthrope Apr 20 #24

The American people are well trained and gaslighted and are not even aware of the pattern Stargazer99 Tuesday #60

Billionaires want to be worshipped as gods DBoon Apr 20 #26

Must read malaise Apr 20 #27

Fun fact that none of my MAGA acquaintances understand. OGBuzz Apr 20 #28

the biggest thing is how they become immune from the law-- their money totally protects them from criminal prosecution. LymphocyteLover Apr 20 #29

Kinda! Mr.Bee Apr 20 #31

When I started working, UpInArms Apr 20 #32

I had my own office! Mr.Bee Tuesday #65

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Apr 20 #33

One of the parts of the process of wealth is that others project unwarranted worth (not monetary). yellow dahlia Apr 20 #34

The wealthy have a warped view of how people end up where they are on the social ladder. pat_k Tuesday #52

"My own morality." With the way TOFU Donnie is mixing up words of late, I wonder... 3catwoman3 Apr 20 #37

I keep hoping for UpInArms Apr 20 #38

I would bet all the equity in my house that he's already had one stroke Maru Kitteh Apr 20 #40

"You don't exist." Maru Kitteh Apr 20 #39

One fodder unit UpInArms Apr 20 #44

Interesting stuff thanks jfz9580m Tuesday #47

Wealth -- not even extreme wealth -- reduces compassion and morality pat_k Apr 20 #41

Cooperation is the greatest tool we have misanthrope Tuesday #71

Pathocracy Smokster Apr 20 #45

The irony of this, history is littered with examples where... Xolodno Apr 20 #46

That is due to technology misanthrope Tuesday #74

Author: Noah Hawley eppur_se_muova Tuesday #49

Looked up the value of 1,000,000 a year to a billionaire...(what they would have to pay for security) C Moon Tuesday #50

Sociopaths. Kick and rec. 58Sunliner Tuesday #62

F. Scott Fitzgerald told us ""Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and Martin68 Tuesday #64

They are addicts and should be treated as such. travelingthrulife Tuesday #67

Very simplistic but very on target slightlv Tuesday #72

They are deluded into believing they are gods dlk Tuesday #69