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Billionaire-jesus and his followers, reborn every 10 years.

• ethbr1 3y ago
  Billionaire dalai lama.
• rsynnott 3y ago
  When did this start, actually? the first I can really think of is Jobs (at least in the billionaire category); treatment of Hubbard had a lot of the same vibes, but not the money.
  • keiferski 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology
    • 38321003thrw 3y ago
      This is a very interesting read from the New Thought original sources: Prentice Mulford’s Your Forces and How to Use Them. https://archive.org/details/yourforceshowtou02mulfiala/yourforceshowtou02mulfiala/ https://archive.org/details/yourforceshowtou02mulfiala/yourf...
  • kelipso 3y ago
    It's the vibe in almost all of the big silicon valley companies and probably most of the smaller ones too. Founder worship etc. Just silicon valley culture I assume. I guess it takes a certain mindset to dedicate the prime of your years to making someone else incredibly rich.