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these people are already stupid rich and will never run out of money why the gently caress are they like this. deutsch's net worth is 200 million. paying higher taxes isn't going to cause any change in his life.
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BiggerBoat posted:Did you guys know that the KKK was founded by Democrats and that the Democratic Party was on the wrong side of the civil war? No, but I heard something like this about the Democrat party.. Groovelord Neato posted:these people are already stupid rich and will never run out of money why the gently caress are they like this. deutsch's net worth is 200 million. paying higher taxes isn't going to cause any change in his life. Yeah but it might mean more people build wealth comparable to his own. How will he sleep at night then?
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Mar 17, 2019 16:19
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Groovelord Neato posted:these people are already stupid rich and will never run out of money why the gently caress are they like this. deutsch's net worth is 200 million. paying higher taxes isn't going to cause any change in his life. Being rich but not as rich as everyone around you frustrates them to no end. Having a 70' yacht and watching someone pull up in a 90' yacht and you want them dead.
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Mar 17, 2019 17:20
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joedevola posted:"Socialism is more dangerous to this compan... to this country" This is a literally a joke in the SNL sketch Bern your enthusiasm 2020
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Mar 17, 2019 18:37
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Groovelord Neato posted:these people are already stupid rich and will never run out of money why the gently caress are they like this. deutsch's net worth is 200 million. paying higher taxes isn't going to cause any change in his life. High levels of wealth have weird psychological effects apparently. For a hell of a lot of people it starts to become a way to keep score. There comes a point where you really can't effectively consume anymore but you can have a big number on paper and own rare things that people would be willing to trade a big number for if you were actually willing to give them up.
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Mar 17, 2019 19:30
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ToxicSlurpee posted:High levels of wealth have weird psychological effects apparently. For a hell of a lot of people it starts to become a way to keep score. There comes a point where you really can't effectively consume anymore but you can have a big number on paper and own rare things that people would be willing to trade a big number for if you were actually willing to give them up.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:High levels of wealth have weird psychological effects apparently. For a hell of a lot of people it starts to become a way to keep score. There comes a point where you really can't effectively consume anymore but you can have a big number on paper and own rare things that people would be willing to trade a big number for if you were actually willing to give them up. And before you know it you've suddenly bought a brick because it has the Supreme logo on it.
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Mar 17, 2019 20:08
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ToxicSlurpee posted:High levels of wealth have weird psychological effects apparently. For a hell of a lot of people it starts to become a way to keep score. There comes a point where you really can't effectively consume anymore but you can have a big number on paper and own rare things that people would be willing to trade a big number for if you were actually willing to give them up. It's truly bizarre. Especially guys like Warren Buffet who just eats McDonald's everyday and lives modestly while hoarding this insane amount of wealth that's doing nothing for anybody aside from representing how much he's winning the game. It's like someone going out of their way to snatch up all of the medicine in the world and just burying it in a hole instead of letting the sick people have it.
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Mar 17, 2019 20:54
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swampland posted:It's truly bizarre. Especially guys like Warren Buffet who just eats McDonald's everyday and lives modestly while hoarding this insane amount of wealth that's doing nothing for anybody aside from representing how much he's winning the game. It's like someone going out of their way to snatch up all of the medicine in the world and just burying it in a hole instead of letting the sick people have it. Yeah, he's lived in the same house for like 50 years and apparently only pays himself $100,000 a year but keeps amassing a gigantic business fortune because reasons.
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Mar 17, 2019 21:14
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I feel like Warren Buffet's life is an elaborate art project where his goal is to have the masses remove his head.
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Mar 17, 2019 21:42
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swampland posted:It's truly bizarre. Especially guys like Warren Buffet who just eats McDonald's everyday and lives modestly while hoarding this insane amount of wealth that's doing nothing for anybody aside from representing how much he's winning the game. It's like someone going out of their way to snatch up all of the medicine in the world and just burying it in a hole instead of letting the sick people have it. What's meant to be bizarre here?
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Mar 17, 2019 21:44
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fishmech posted:What's meant to be bizarre here? Jesus christ, gently caress off Fishmech
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Mar 17, 2019 21:55
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Cool so you don't even know what you're mad at, you're just randomly angry his house isn't high class enough or some bullshit like that.
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Yup that's right fishmech that's exactly what I'm doing, I'm furious that Warren Buffet's house isn't nicer, I look at his interior decorating and just start burning up inside and turn into an uncontrollable raving lunatic when I see the sorry excuse he has for fine china
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Mar 17, 2019 22:07
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swampland posted:Yup that's right fishmech that's exactly what I'm doing, I'm furious that Warren Buffet's house isn't nicer, I look at his interior decorating and just start burning up inside and turn into an uncontrollable raving lunatic when I see the sorry excuse he has for fine china You're the one who said it's bizarre he likes the house he has, dude.
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Mar 17, 2019 22:09
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Yeah, he's lived in the same house for like 50 years and apparently only pays himself $100,000 a year but keeps amassing a gigantic business fortune because reasons. Why is this bad? He has what he needs. He’s also going to donate everything when he dies
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Mar 17, 2019 22:10
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It's not like Warren Buffet's amount of putative wealth increases because of work he does or anything. Stock values barely have relation to reality in the first place, and the cornerstone of his wealth in particular is "buy out a business that's already successful, and then keep a guy like Eddie Lampert from trying to do a pump and dump on it".
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Mar 17, 2019 22:15
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Tbf, buffet did get on the charity/philanthropy thing with bill gates. Buffet doesn't seem like a bigger rear end in a top hat than any normal guy who would fall backwards into a pit of golden coins. Probably less of an rear end in a top hat than the average Joe would be, I think. Imagine if you had that kind of money and you figured out a way to give all but like 8 million away to meaningfully benefit humanity. That would feel insane. Ofc when youre the good guy and you control so much wealth, giving it up might mean it winds up in the hands of someone worse? How do I know some Chinese coal Baron or something isn't going to swoop in and buy the assets I liquidated?
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Mar 17, 2019 22:17
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gotta admit "but a worse guy might buy all his stuff!" is a novel defense of hoarding wealth
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Mar 18, 2019 00:08
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swampland posted:It's truly bizarre. Especially guys like Warren Buffet who just eats McDonald's everyday and lives modestly while hoarding this insane amount of wealth that's doing nothing for anybody aside from representing how much he's winning the game. It's like someone going out of their way to snatch up all of the medicine in the world and just burying it in a hole instead of letting the sick people have it. Is Buffet a big money hoarder? I thought he was like Gates where they are giving over 50% over their net worth to charity.
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Mar 18, 2019 00:13
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patonthebach posted:Is Buffet a big money hoarder? I thought he was like Gates where they are giving over 50% over their net worth to charity. LOL you think that still doesn't make him a hoarder
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Mar 18, 2019 00:14
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patonthebach posted:Is Buffet a big money hoarder? I thought he was like Gates where they are giving over 50% over their net worth to charity. He's the third richest person in the entire world and has 83 billion dollars
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Mar 18, 2019 00:18
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The Muppets On PCP posted:gotta admit "but a worse guy might buy all his stuff!" is a novel defense of hoarding wealth I'm not defending it, just trying to imagine what would keep me from giving it all away, if not just greed.
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Mar 18, 2019 00:51
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The president spent all morning having a meltdown because he couldn’t watch the crazy judge lady on Fox last night Yes we live in a normal country, why do you ask
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Mar 18, 2019 01:16
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swampland posted:He's the third richest person in the entire world and has 83 billion dollars https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html He's literally one of the most charitable rich people ever but he gets poo poo on because he is a celebrity.
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Mar 18, 2019 01:52
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patonthebach posted:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html Being "the most charitable billionaire" doesn't mean poo poo, he's still a billionaire. It should be illegal to be a billionaire while poverty still exists in the world.
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Mar 18, 2019 01:58
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WampaLord posted:Being "the most charitable billionaire" doesn't mean poo poo, he's still a billionaire. Yes. Instead of giving to charity, billionaires should not take so much in the first place. Pulcinella fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:The president spent all morning having a meltdown because he couldn’t watch the crazy judge lady on Fox last night Was that before or after complaining about a SNL rerun, and saying the FCC should look into the network being mean to him?
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WampaLord posted:Being "the most charitable billionaire" doesn't mean poo poo, he's still a billionaire. I kinda get your philosophical point. But on the other hand how many regular working joes give over 50% of their net worth to charity? Sure he could do better, but he also donates more than like the entire middle and lower class of the USA each year.
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Mar 18, 2019 02:47
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patonthebach posted:I kinda get your philosophical point. donating half of 80+ billion is a lot less of a financial burden than donating half of 35k also most of that goes to the gates foundation, which to put it mildly sucks rear end
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Mar 18, 2019 02:55
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patonthebach posted:I kinda get your philosophical point. What a shock, the idiot conservative doesn't understand the marginal value of money, or is deliberately playing coy about it to score a dumb rhetorical point. Do you really not understand why regular working joes can't give up 50% of their worth to charity? When most Americans can't afford a $500 expense? "Wow, I gave 50% of my $30k/year to charity, I feel great!" *gets hit with unexpected expense, goes bankrupt, dies* Whereas Mr. Buffet could give away 99% of his worth and STILL be comfortable for life, like every other billionaire! If you really hadn't thought this through before, hopefully that educates you!
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Can you let me know the exact point where you turn into an rear end in a top hat for not donating enough. 1 million net worth? 10 million? 1 billion?
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Mar 18, 2019 03:18
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$1 more than me
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patonthebach posted:Can you let me know the exact point where you turn into an rear end in a top hat for not donating enough. 1 million net worth? 10 million? 1 billion? Wow, look at those goal posts move! I'm not buying into your stupid rhetorical framing here, being a billionaire should be illegal, full loving stop. That we even have a society that allows people to acquire that much wealth is a loving damning indictment of it.
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patonthebach posted:Can you let me know the exact point where you turn into an rear end in a top hat for not donating enough. 1 million net worth? 10 million? 1 billion? Honestly I'd say 10 million dollars is about the point where you have more than enough money for your entire life even accounting for your family getting rare diseases and poo poo. A billionaire has 100 times that amount of money. Piell fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Mar 18, 2019 |
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patonthebach posted:Can you let me know the exact point where you turn into an rear end in a top hat for not donating enough. 1 million net worth? 10 million? 1 billion? It's like porn. You'll know it when you see it.
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Mar 18, 2019 03:37
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patonthebach posted:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html Rich people vanity projects are a danger to society even when they're "philanthrophic," because they advance the interests of the rich person rather than the interests of society as a whole. Any real public good shouldn't be contingent on a rich person deciding that's what they're interested in doing with their money. You can see this very plainly with the Gates Foundation interest in education manifesting itself as very intense support for charter schools and outlays to media organizations to advance a positive narrative concerning them. You should listen to this: https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-45-the-not-so-benevolent-billionaire-bill-gates-and-western-media
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patonthebach posted:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html I...don't dislike Warren Buffett because he's a celebrity and I have no idea why you would think that.
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Warren Buffett plays the banjo without having any visible inbreeding, which is definitely kind of untrustworthy if you ask me
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patonthebach posted:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/warren-buffet-is-the-most-charitable-billionaire.html who gives a gently caress, his existence as a billionaire is unethical from the get go, that's why he gets 'poo poo on'
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