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            5 months ago

            Nope. It’s literally impossible to become and remain a billionaire without a ton of abusive behavior.

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                4 months ago

                Yeah. Do you have any idea how much societal damage money hoarding does across the world?

                Tens of millions of people dying needlessly every year from lack of resources hoarded by a few people who’ll never be able to spend it all.

                And that’s not even getting into all the underpaid and overworked people who have acted as anonymous stepping stones on his path to obscene overabundance.

                Or the fact that the richest 10% in the world, which includes all billionaires, are responsible for 48 times as many tons of CO2 per capita as the other 90%

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                  4 months ago

                  I wouldn’t count Mr Beast as abusive. But have it your way.

                  He just got rich because he’s very good at what he’s doing. He didn’t have to abuse anyone for that. Maybe you are not good enough to be as rich as he is. Have you considered that?

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                    4 months ago

                    He just got rich because he’s very good at what he’s doing. He didn’t have to abuse anyone for that

                    Bullshit. You don’t become a billionaire by just being good at what you’re doing. You seem to not grasp the enormous difference between being successful and being one of the 3000 or so richest people on the planet.

                    Just like you don’t become a millionaire by working really hard and well at a paper route, you don’t became a billionaire without doing a lot of sleazy and selfish stuff to amass more wealth than would otherwise be possible.

                    Besides, even if you hypothetically COULD become a billionaire by ethical means only, keeping that much unneeded wealth in a world where artificial scarcity is killing millions is in itself extremely unethical.

                    Maybe you are not good enough to be as rich as he is. Have you considered that?

                    Ah, the old “you’re just jealous” adage of the worshippers of unethical success 🙄