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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 18:42:53 JST Aral Balkan

   A billionaire does things for many reasons. None of those are in your interests unless you also happen to be a billionaire.

   The sooner you learn this, the sooner we can start doing something about it.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 18:42:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     Since a couple of you asked what’s the something we can start doing about billionaires, it’s simple:

     Whatever you can to make them socially unacceptable. Make being a billionaire the equivalent of wearing fur.

     Don’t feed them if you can help it (easier said than done). If you must feed them, make sure people know you’re not happy about it. If there are alternatives, fund, promote, and use them. But at the very least don’t praise and glorify them and stop giving them “the benefit of the doubt.”

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     Yule Infused Sentient Nog (sentient_water@neurodifferent.me)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 22:14:58 JST Yule Infused Sentient Nog

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     @aral The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed. - Balzac

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     Missing The Point (missingthept@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 22:14:59 JST Missing The Point

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     • OutOnTheMoors

     @aral @CrazyMyra https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/109711228833612832

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     TopKnot (topknot@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 22:45:29 JST TopKnot

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     @aral

     Honestly? I cannot believe working or middle class people in the United States "donate" money to a $billionaire presidential candidate and brag about it like they just did something quite smart.

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     mariubrlu@mastodonapp.uk's status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:09:05 JST mariubrlu

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     @aral STOP feeding them! Is the easiest and only solution. Support small businesses and your local community instead.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:09:06 JST clacke

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     • Kenneth M Sweeney
     @KenSwe @aral I imagine once you pass a certain amount you must start to feel "wow, I must be really good at this money thing" and "if I'd give to to anybody less accomplished at the money thing they'd squander it".
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     Kenneth M Sweeney (kenswe@mastodon.ie)'s status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:09:13 JST Kenneth M Sweeney

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     @aral I just can't get my head around the concept of being a billionaire. It's such an enormous amount of money for one individual to have. I often think about how and why they seem so hell bent on keeping it and getting more even though they don't have a long enough life to spend it. The first question I would ask to billionaire is why do want so much money?