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The Plutocrats Who Rule Our World Aren't Even Enjoying Themselves
(media.kbin.earth)
As Kurt Vonnegut wrote in his poem “Joe Heller”:
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Catch-22’
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!
That's always the idea though isn't it.
You simply do not become a multi-billionaire and have charity and empathy, just to get to the point of having digested so many companies and burned through so many businesses and using people like capital and collateral, you need to be some kind of solipsistic, self-deluded psychopath, but also be stupid enough about humanity and life that you convince yourself you're deserving of taking the hard work of millions of people for yourself.