Im not saying I hate billionaires..

[rupert@mastodon.nz]

@UkeleleEric @ee @stux I don't think a million dollars goes as far as you think it does. You'd spend more on that on rent for an apartment in this city over an average retirement.

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@darkpaw Billionaires might do some good things with a day's interest on their hoarded gold, but they still have those billions. They're still laying on their hoard and eating hobbits., but sometimes someone gets a scholarship. @stux

[charcole@furry.engineer]

@stux Gabe Newell

[amorpheus@kind.social]

@charcole @stux Can't hate Warren Buffet, too. Disagree, but not hate.

[stux@mstdn.social]

What I mean is that I personally think billionaires are non good per definition

If where to get a billion today I’ll sure I’ll spend most of it on charity and people who really need it so i won’t be a billionaire anymore

It’s insane we need to beg billionaires for donations for cancer research while a government defunds those researchers and making a system possible for the ultra rich

Fuck the 1% seriously

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@stux Seriously. It's a mathematical reality that if we have a million we can sustain that level.
A THOUSAND millions ?!?!? like, give away 999 million and you are still a millionaire.

[gbsills@social.vivaldi.net]

@stux The problem is a certain percentage of humans are messed up in such a way that they still feel a greedy need to be the "most wealthy" rather than simply being satisfied with everything they could ever need or want. You are psychologically normal, but the ultra wealthy seem to be abnormal.

[mast0d0nphan@beige.party]

@stux Throw rocks at 'em.

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[flashmobofone@mstdn.social]

@stux Agreed.

All of them are motherfuckers, and that includes the beloved pop star, the superstar athlete, the philanthropist, and the guru who cosplays as middle class.

You don't earn a billion dollars. You steal it via ethically-repugnant but legal means, and they should not exist in the first place. That's especially true with all the social problems in the countries where they do exist.

[adubya@techhub.social]

@stux

For their health and reputation we should tax away those billion. To unlock Centimillionaire status lootbox, I'm open to massive coast to coast rural America funding of beautiful architecture services and staff. Though they need to get started pre-legislation passed to receive the limited time & amount lootbox reward.

[mjc0961@mastodon.social]

@charcole You mean the asshole whose company is price gouging controllers, refuses to moderate every user/community feature it has and now they're all Nazi bars, and has a weak anti consumer refund policy that was forced on them by losing a lawsuit in Australia? And Gabe does nothing but buy yachts?

Gabe Newell is not an exception, I hate him too. Tax all billionaires, including Gabe Newell.

[trebach@functional.cafe]

@ee @stux In the US, many older people have a net worth over $1 million between their house and retirement portfolio. Pensions mostly don't exist anymore so people have to fund their own retirement, usually via tax-deferred investments like a 401k. Social Security exists but without changes, it won't be able to pay out the full amount they would previously be entitled to.

In some places with high costs of living, a house can easily be worth $1 million by itself

[trebach@functional.cafe]

@FlashMobOfOne @stux Or they inherit it?

[athousandcateaus@tiggi.es]

@stux I think in the process of becoming a billionaire you have to make a lot of choices that select for you being the kind of person that is uncharitable and selfish. Someone who isn't that way would get off the train long before that

[passwordsarehard4@mastodon.social]

@ee @stux I wouldn’t consider $1m USD rich. To me $50k a year isn’t rich and that’s 20 years of retirement savings, give or take.

[the_wub@mastodon.social]

@stux "A good billionaire does not exist"

It really depends on how they are dressed.

A good sauce makes all the difference.

[danish_akhtar7@mastodon.social]

@stux

I used to think Bill Gates was a benevolent and 'Philanthropic Billionaire.

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@the_wub @stux yum. properly butchered and slow roasted on a square kebab (for even rotation) over a tea tree charcoal fire. 🤌

the flesh of billionaire or any other abuser is the only ethical meat to eat. there is no reason for it to not be cooked deliciously.

[darkpaw@mstdn.social]

@xinit @stux To be fair, she 'only' has $11.9bn and has done more with that than any other billionaire I can think of. Musk does fuck all to help others with his hundreds of billions. Bezos makes penis rockets.

As I said, I agree that billionaires probably shouldn't exist, but LPJ is doing some good, and it's not just a day's interest she's giving away. Attack the fucking awful billionaires not the ones at least doing some good.

[rethnor@mstdn.social]

@mjc0961

@charcole valve has the best refund policy in the industry. They aren't popular because of dirty tactics, they are just good.

And yes, he should also be taxed.