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unpopular opinion: if most of the current billionaires werent this rich or lucky they would just act like normal people
As in, they're power tripping? Absolutely. When you get a false sense of importance, especially when you have sycophants reinforcing this image, narcissists in particular tend to act poorly toward their fellow human beings.
This is one of the best reasons to socially stigmatize wealth hoarding, even if you can't change the fundamentals of the capitalist system that causes it in the first place.
If enough people make people who hoard money feel lesser than, to the point that having less is a preferable alternative, then they're more likely to give away their wealth and become at least a little bit less shitty people.
This is also, coincidentally, why rich people isolate themselves within bubbles of similarly rich individuals, who won't look down on them for being so greedy and narcissistic.
This is why we should have mandatory testing for NPD and be institutionalising anyone who tests positive. Narcissists cannot be allowed to walk the streets freely, their mental illness is too dangerous.
What NPD?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder. A narcissist is someone with NPD. And they all deserve the gas chamber treatment.
And if normal people suddenly became billionaires, they’d act just as awful as the current billionaires
Power doesn’t corrupt. It just exposes who leaders really are.
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And the inverse statement too: If normal people became billionaires, they would act stupidly too