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S/V Loner

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2. I think their entire life is about...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 PM
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making money. Not actual making products but the focus is making money. When they get to the point they have way more money than it is possible to spend, and all the wealth adulation they need, then their focus turns to power. Not actually using power to do something good but simply the accumulation of power. At that point they combine the two, money and power, to make even more money.
It is a sickness.

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There are no ethical billionaires. N/t Coventina Thursday #1
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Thursday #4
Who might that be? calimary Friday #7
JB Pritzker is one too IbogaProject Friday #9
you overlook blaeckfoeoess Friday #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Friday #22
Trump brags about being a billionaire. Made most of it grifting off the Presidency and wants more surfered Friday #24
I think their entire life is about... S/V Loner Thursday #2
It is a form of drmeow Friday #28
It's not just what billionaires do with their money ThoughtCriminal Thursday #3
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They figure since they have billions of dollars Diamond_Dog Thursday #5
messiah complex. mopinko Thursday #6
Once you have more money than you will ever need, the next thing to amass is power. Marie Marie Friday #8
so much money, the only thing left to buy mopinko Friday #14
Or to quote the Chili Peppers Mblaze Friday #10
Aristus, this is a beautiful piece of writing rhiannon55 Friday #11
Thank you. Aristus Friday #15
Cutizens United BurnDoubt Friday #12
Addictive greed. moondust Friday #13
This is beautiful. Picturelady Friday #16
Thank you. Aristus Friday #21
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But, none of them are sufficiently... egotistical enough. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Friday #18
Wish I could rec this more than once. dickthegrouch Friday #19
There is an emptiness in some people which they cannot fill nor understand. RockRaven Friday #20
I love your billionaire's bucket list genxlib Friday #26
I've come to believe for a long time now that after your net worth hits 7-8 figures... Wounded Bear Friday #27
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