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The my space guy really shows this. Anyone with any sanity would stop around a 100 mil or so and just go enjoy their life. Heck a large amount would do so at 10 and for folks who could live frugally if they have lots of life left 1 mil would do.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Always remember that a billionaire didn't become billionaire by chance: they got there by trampling over other people and lying on their tax return forms. Nobody with a sense of decency becomes obsenely rich because decent people don't do these things.

[–] nick@midwest.social 12 points 2 days ago
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 day ago

What about a dead billionaire?

If someone shot musk or zuckerberg dead I'd be like "That's good. That's an improvement."

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Occasionally Warren Buffet will say something that resembles what a normal human would think but then Berkshire Hathaway comes in a cleans out fire victims in shock.

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The only good bug's a dead bug.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

Is this ever an ironic allusion, because the starship troopers were the fascists, who would have fought for the billionaires.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago

George Soros?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros

"As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion,[9][10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations,[11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune."