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• Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
  Them too. And the gates, and Musk, and all the billionaires are robber barons. Got a point or is this whataboutism?
  • recuter 4y ago
    Are these billionaires also robber barons? https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/06/02/lebron-james-is-officially-a-billionaire/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/06/02/lebron-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan#Business_ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan#Business_ventur... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Entrepreneurship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Entrepreneurship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z#Business_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z#Business_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#Business_ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#Business_ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Perry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Perry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey
    • Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
      Yes. Do you know the definition of robber Barron? >a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century). Deriving profit from unethical behavior of others is as bad as doing it yourself, but all of these people act like shit pretty regularly, despite their professional reputation managers, handlers, security, and legal teams begging them to behave. Have you heard of child slavery? Jordan and lebron support that by putting their name on athletic wear. Have you seen Jay zs or dres rap sheet and allegations? You want guys like that to have billions to use unchecked? Seriously? You want poor kids looking up to gang bangers with violent crime records as an example of what is acceptable? It’s not like these people have redemption arcs, naw, just more of the same with their vast wealth paving over their misbehavior. Same as every other billionaire. Have you seen ye’s meltdowns? Dude has too much damn money. Did you read Perry’s wiki? Union busting is a classic. I’d dig for more but that’s enough in my book. He’s pulling up the ladder and exerting his power because he can. Oprah? Have you even watched her show? Seen the shit she spouts under the color of science? Give me a break and get better examples. Perhaps the best example, who you didn’t mention, is Notch, but selling to Microsoft is tacit approval and support of their operations. They’re all robber barons. Billionaires should not exist.
      • recuter 4y ago
        > Do you know the definition of robber Barron? I was asking you for yours and I got it. How old are you by the way?
        • Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
          >I was asking you for yours and I got it. You didn’t though. Stay on topic.
          • recuter 4y ago
            Oh but I did. People you don't like and can find fault with. They’re all robber barons. Billionaires should not exist. How about this fella? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mega-millions-lottery-just-made-someone-135-billion-richer-rcna65216 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mega-millions-lottery-j...
            • Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
              You’re epitomizing whataboutism and lying with a written record. Jesus. Read the site guidelines. They’re here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Key point: argue in good faith. It’s nearly incontrovertibly clear that you’re not participating with respect to the site guidelines but instead are trolling. That’s your best example yet. Amusingly, it misses the mark of actually naming a billionaire in even a loose sense. the person isn’t identified, the actual amount paid is unstated, and they’re not actually a billionaire. What a waste of time. Care to share an original thought buddy? I’m growing weary of your shallow, bad faith, and off topic comments.