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30 points

Too harsh? Can you name one that isn’t?

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I’m pretty sure that future billionaire me seems like a cool guy, I’m totally not biased.

Eat the rich, except if I become rich, then I’m exempt because I am a honorary proletariat

/s but seriously tho, if anyone becomes a billionaire, they’ll soon get corrupted by the wealth

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You don’t become a billionaire without exploiting so many people and then hording those riches to yourself. You’ve already been corrupted by that point.

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You could exploit other billionaires, but that seems like the one thing you can go to jail for.

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A horde would come after their hoard of riches

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I think for most people, they become an asshole on the way to becoming a billionaire. You don’t make that kind of money without exploitation and plundering. The only exception I could think of would be if they inherited the money. And even so, if you inherit that kind of money and don’t give out a good chunk of it, you’re still scum imo.

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