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[-] late_pessimistic@slrpnk.net 44 points 15 hours ago

Becoming a billionaire really does seem to get to people's heads, the younger the billionaire the worse.

Zuck is being completely reckless, burning through hundreds of billions of dollars hopping on every futuristic idea, and doesn't listen to anyone's fair criticism anymore.

He probably even thinks he is some great visionary and everyone else is holding him back, and that's why they work for him, not the opposite.

In a sane socioeconomic system we wouldn't people get this rich and powerful for their own good, especially young people.

[-] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, this unfortunately

Billionaires should not exist

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

In a sane socioeconomic system there would still be a chance for him to lose it all

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

In a sane system, he wouldn't have so much to lose.

But he's sitting on a functional monopoly bolted onto a surveillance state with infinite money. So he can keep fucking up forever.

[-] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago

But it is better he spends the money than hoarding it.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 9 hours ago

Not when he's spending it on creating the Torment Nexus.

[-] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf -3 points 11 hours ago

Why so? Hoarding money, as well as burning them, is practically equivalent to returning them to the treasury. Spending them wastes labour.

[-] hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 hours ago

Spending them wastes labour.

Uh, this sounds as shallow as driponomics arguments.

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