• Korkki@lemmy.world
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        Increasingly not even for their own benefit. They are like a parasite that is killing it’s host and therefore it’s means of subsistence

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          That’s what always gets me. You can’t spend a billion dollars on yourself - you could live in the highest possible luxury, waited on hand and foot by the best, and you’re barely going to eat up half of it in a lifetime - even if your money earned no interest

          They’re not even happy. They’re hated by many, idolized by others, and the rest want to leech off them. They don’t even have good relationships among their peers, it’s like a never ending dick measuring contest

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      None, that’s the funny part. You could almost call it a flaw with humanity as a whole.

      We can’t focus on any sort of task-at-hand for any greater good. We simply are just that self centered and greedy, despite those of us that fight against that nature, it’s still our nature.

      Climate change? You can’t make people wear masks in grocery stores or vaccinate, good luck with the climate.

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      Honestly, I think a lot of it is just to support the idea that those who have more, deserve more.

      Useful idiots are in vogue. They live vicariously through their oppressors while working service jobs for scraps.

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      This is either a boring rhetorical question or a very confused one.

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      I mean, my wealth has more than doubled over the past decade. The stock market has been going absolutely bananas, and my retirement accounts have done well.

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        I guess when corporate media told us the economy was doing great, it was you they were talking to, and not the other ~80–90% of Americans.