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The quips against billionaires is interesting given the author is selling merch. What if the merch took off big-time and the author became a billionaire because
by resonious 3y ago
The quips against billionaires is interesting given the author is selling merch. What if the merch took off big-time and the author became a billionaire because of it? Would they be different?
- mbb70 3y agoNeeding money to eat is not a sign of hypocrisy, and hypocrisy is not a sign of being wrong.
- resonious 3y ago"Needing" money to eat just means you don't have the skills necessary to hunt or farm your own food (I am certainly in this camp). But fair point on hypocrisy not necessarily being wrong.
- matricaria 3y ago> What if the merch took off big-time and the author became a billionaire because of it? Seems highly unlikely. Can you name a merch billionaire?
- defrost 3y agoArguably several members of Kardashian family Through different ventures, several members of the family have assets of over a billion dollars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashian_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashian_family where they, their image, their endorsements and their antics are "the merch".
- fullshark 3y agoThe best place on the net for your $25 "Capitalism is stealing, stealing is against the law" t shirts.
- latexr 3y agoYou’re extrapolating from an imaginary, wildly unlikely scenario. By that logic, no one with even so much as a lemonade stand could criticise the filthy rich. Let’s avoid becoming Matt Bors’ “Mister Gotcha”: https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/
- unethical_ban 3y agoFunny, he participates in society yet criticizes it! Do you really believe that anyone trying to make money for a living is not permitted to criticize the extremes of excess in this system?