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   neotoy@mastodon.social's status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 17:07:51 JST neotoy

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   • leonianUniverse

   @glaroc If only "hard work" equated to proportional financial compensation. You mention entitlement, but if you look at the data lots of billionaires gained their status through just that. inherence, government grants, shady nepotistic reach arounds, bribes, exploited third world workers. in essence due diligence is necessary... you and I don't get a free ride, and neither should they, regardless of how much money they have right now.

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     leonianUniverse (glaroc@dragonscave.space)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 17:07:52 JST leonianUniverse

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     @neotoy Also, just because they make a lot of money doesn’t mean that you or anyone is entitled to have even a cent out of these people, I work hard in my own right and am able to afford my luxuries due to my hard work, these people did the same whether good or bad, they should indeed be able to enjoy there lives, and just like the rest of us who don’t reveal our financial status, bashing them for there status is 100% wrong, uncalled for, and wouldn’t happen to anyone else. And No, I am not anywhere close to being even a millionaire.

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     neotoy@mastodon.social's status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 17:07:53 JST neotoy

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     • leonianUniverse

     @glaroc It's more nuanced than that. you're oversimplification is confirmation bias. there are reasons besides jealousy to wish that billionaires didn't exist. for one: their monumental carbon footprint and disproportionate impact on the ecosystem. a billionaire is similar to a WMD in the sense that the power & influence they wield can ruin millions of lives on a whim. conversely, their capacity to effect positive change is unparalleled, but rarely do they exercise it for those who need it most.

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     leonianUniverse (glaroc@dragonscave.space)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 17:07:54 JST leonianUniverse

     I feel like most people want billionaires dead because they are envious of the money they can’t have, so instead of thinking about human lives being lost in a sub, they literally essentially wish death upon these people just because of there financial status, and I feel like that is absolutely wrong to do and should be condemned.