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[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure that future billionaire me seems like a cool guy, I'm totally not biased.

Eat the rich, except if I become rich, then I'm exempt because I am a honorary proletariat

/s but seriously tho, if anyone becomes a billionaire, they'll soon get corrupted by the wealth

[–] NewDark@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't become a billionaire without exploiting so many people and then hording those riches to yourself. You've already been corrupted by that point.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You could exploit other billionaires, but that seems like the one thing you can go to jail for.

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

A horde would come after their hoard of riches

[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think for most people, they become an asshole on the way to becoming a billionaire. You don't make that kind of money without exploitation and plundering. The only exception I could think of would be if they inherited the money. And even so, if you inherit that kind of money and don't give out a good chunk of it, you're still scum imo.