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I think people vastly overestimate how much ideology matters once you get past a certain net worth. At that point, they're all in it for the same reasons cue t
by seppin 10y ago
I think people vastly overestimate how much ideology matters once you get past a certain net worth. At that point, they're all in it for the same reasons
cue the picture of the Clintons laughing at Trump's wedding
- a_j_c 10y agoYeah...But don't tell the party loyalists on either side about it. Dem pundit: "It's the uneducated white cis male patriarchy that wants the south to rise again..." GOP pundit: "Those minority transgender liberals want to take your guns and religion..." Oligarchy: smiles
- r00fus 10y agoThis is why Sanders wasn't so enamored about fighting the GOP. He was in it to fight their funders.
- pavlov 10y agoI think people vastly underestimate how many rich people still have other values in their life than money. Look at Bill Gates. In the '90s, most of the tech industry viewed him as the stereotypical greedy monopolist, a robber baron of software. 20 years later, he has done more to help mankind than almost any billionaire ever. The picture is not black and white, but a continuum of shades.