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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 47 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It's insane. Other than money-spending contests to see who has the biggest paper wad, what could a human, personally, possibly get out of a net worth over 9 digits? What is missing from their life at $100,000,000 that they have at $1,000,000,000? 100 mil is a penthouse in New York City, a dozen vacation homes in a dozen countries, a private jet, and enough money left over that sitting in the fucking bank and making interest (even excluding more profitable passive uses of such a fortune) would give you another million every year to fritter the fuck away.

Why are they so determined to hang onto being billionaires?

I just don't understand these fuckers.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

It's a pissing contest who can be the richest.

And power goes to the head.

[–] notapantsday@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

It's just a high score.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

They are mentally disabled

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

what could a human, personally, possibly get out of a net worth over 9 digits?

Power. It's the power to manipulate whole countries through bribes, propaganda, and just outright owning large chunks of the economy.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 21 points 2 years ago

Maybe they could skip buying the yacht with the second smaller yacht inside.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago

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[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Obviously Elon took that to heart as he has at least 3 with him working at Telsa, SpaceX and X.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes I would love it if all their tax dollars went to baby vaporizers in the middle east

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

Because that's the only thing that happens with taxes, right? And private money never hurts anyone, right?

[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Man I was totally envisioning a child version elf bar for a second.