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jwirr

(39,215 posts)
1. I think it is more than greed. They like to watch people suffer. See their power at work. Like all
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 01:05 PM
Nov 2014

the bullies in the world always have.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Just how old are they, anyway?
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 01:15 PM
Nov 2014

Of course, with all their money, they'll live on like Cheney and be a burr in all our sides.

Bullies, all!

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
6. That is true but I am sure they keep up on it since they have to know if it is working the way they
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 01:33 PM
Nov 2014

want.

Initech

(100,081 posts)
8. I swear they're operating a pyramid scheme. Worse than Bernie Madoff.
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 03:24 PM
Nov 2014

And they're winning. They should be rotting in prison.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
10. that's actually a defining trait of billionaires: it's not that they "like money" or
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 03:51 PM
Nov 2014

have lost all memory of how money works (handing 5 random bills as a tip--from $5 to $500, but always just *5 bills*--or staring at a supermarket scanner for a full minute like Poppy)

they don't know money at all: to the poor and merely millionaire, money is something you buy things with--whether food and housing or those Scarface mansions that Curbed likes to mock; for the superrich it exists for its own sake, something they can afford to believe that people serve rather than vice-versa; it's outright idolatry, not just greed

David Koch literally almost died and his reaction was "I'm going to screw over the poor and middle class--heck, let's add the not-as-rich"

 

Old Nick

(468 posts)
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Sun Nov 16, 2014, 03:29 PM
Nov 2014
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