• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 hours ago

      In fact, billionaires are rich enough to buy elections and control governments. Trillionaires are going to control all the governments.

      Our first trillionaire is the breaking of a seal for the entire industrialized world. It’s an apocalyptic sign.

    • binux@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      As of yet there’s still only one in the colloquial sense. Besides, they’re all parasites anyways, it makes no difference what you call them.

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      21 hours ago

      Has the total value of mankind increased, meaning we can actually say we have more value for trillionaires to consume now than ever before — actual tangible value? Or would global wealth be more of a theoretical constant because it’s zero sum or something?