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When you’re that rich you aren’t motivated by more money. He’s motivated by power, and the fear of power being taken away.
by jonplackett 2y ago
When you’re that rich you aren’t motivated by more money.
He’s motivated by power, and the fear of power being taken away.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoThat doesn't seem likely to me as I don't see how someone can get to be that rich without being incredibly motivated by more money. Surely a normal person would get a few million and decide that they had more money than they'd ever need? But yes, likely motivated by power too.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y agoMoney and power are the same thing.
- sharemywin 2y agoonly in a corrupt system.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y agoIn every system. The whole point of money is you can use it to get what you want. The whole point of having power is that you can use it to get what you want. They are the same thing if not completely interchangeable. You can use money to buy power and you can use power to accumulate money.
- cykros 2y agoYou can use money to buy things people are willing to sell. You can use power to get people to do they would not otherwise do. Generally, if money is able to get people to do things they wouldn't otherwise do, there needs to be some sort of duress, or corruption. People who are content with what they have don't resort to prostitution or otherwise compromising their principles for money. Those who are held under crippling debt, or who come to have no principles, are much more inclined to do so. Power is more subtle, and it is related to money, but no, they're not the same thing.
- jonplackett 2y agoIf you only care about money then there’s no difference between a few hundred million and anything above that. What can you not do with money with a few hundred million? Not much. The people who get to be billionaires are motivated differently to normal people. They are more like feudal kings.