• @[email protected]
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    356 months ago

    I don’t get that. I would rather be a Billionaire in a “moderated” democracy, than in a system where you can just disappear or fall out of a window, if a single more powerful person wishes so.

      • @rayyy
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        86 months ago

        oligarchy

        Not unlike Russia today.

        • @[email protected]
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          36 months ago

          Well, except that your votes still carry some weight in the U.S.

          Not a hell of a lot, but certainly more than Russia.

    • @FooBarrington
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      166 months ago

      I would also rather be a billionaire in a system where workers rights are respected, everyone has enough money and work is fairly paid. These people aren’t like us however - they want more and more and more and more, and as long as they see a chance to come out on top, they’ll take it. Musk would rather be a little bit richer in a dictatorship than have only his current wealth in a democracy. If you’re not like this, there’s no chance to become a billionaire.

    • @Maggoty
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      76 months ago

      They think they’re going to be the top person.

      • @AbidanYre
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        36 months ago

        At least they have a reason to believe that. The idiots on welfare who think they’ll be allowed into the club as soon as the government stops holding them down are the ones I don’t get.

        • @Maggoty
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          06 months ago

          I don’t get that either.