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Johnny2X2X

(24,457 posts)
3. Power
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:56 PM
Apr 29

The conversation around billionaires needs to change IMO. It's not about wealth to them, it's about power. They have too much power, and power is their goal. Their wealth is meaningless to them materially after a certain point, it's all about acquiring more power. They are plenty greedy, sure, but it's not greed for more stuff, it's greed for more power.

I'd be fine with $billionaires if they were prevented from having any outsized say over our political process, our laws, or our economy in general. Let them build castles with airplane runways all they want. But stay the hell away from the seats of power in our country. But the castles and airplane runways are not what they crave, they crave power, they crave control, and more is never enough.

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