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Wall Street, we have a problem. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Logically you would think the answer should be that money shouldn't matter much, but it always seems to. It's still a way of keeping score and a proxy for power. They've always longed for more money/power and as they get older and their brain slows down, they don't suddenly change. What old billionaire have you seen says "you know what? I'm going to give everyone raises! I don't need more money! We should all be happy together!" (Almost) never happens. They want more and more and more... and then they die.

[–] brotundspiele 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Bill Gates seems to be like that. Don't get me wrong, I don't like him and he's still doing lots of shitty billionaire stuff, but he seems to be satisfied with "just" being a billionaire and making sure his offspring ~~will be billionaires~~won't starve as well and giving away a lot of the money he will never be able to spend on his own anyway. Same goes for George Soros and Warren Buffet.