Comment on Elon Musk taking delivery of his McLaren F1 shortly after selling Zip2 for $307 million in 1999

• justsomeguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A pivotal moment that crashed our timeline into darkness.

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  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure capitalism would have just made another Nazi the first trillionaire, and collapsed into fascism either way.

    The problem is systemic; continuously rewarding sociopaths and psychopaths with wealth and power.

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    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because “They make the decisions the rest of us can’t”.

      And people assume that’s a good thing.

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