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You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?
by qup 3mo ago
You think billionaires are hoarders because the shares they own become worth a lot of money when they build successful companies?
- datadrivenangel 3mo agoIt's like playing cookie clicker except the higher your number goes up the more social status you and power you have.
- cryptopian 3mo agoAnd like cookie clicker, once you're watching the number going up long term, it's hard for your mind to accept a point at which you have "enough".
- TheOtherHobbes 3mo agoCircular definition. Number go up = "successful". A non-hoarding economy would look very different, be far more exciting and inventive, and wouldn't be staging an ecological suicide run.