• plyth@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    what he is able to buy for himself

    To compete with Musk in building rockets.

    There are always things that more money can buy.

    walkout to protest ICE

    That’s circular. ICE exists to introduce the new direction

    freaked out every CEO

    CEOs, but not billionaires. Those with billions can be as creepy as they want as Musk and his bought mothers show.

    anyone at that level is capable of thinking about long term

    that’s where they can actually do whatever they want

    What would that be? Unless they all long for the most depraved sex and immense environmental destruction I don’t know what they couldn’t do.

    They need to keep the army intact or America’s power will quickly dissolve. They need to keep people innovative or their army becomes useless with outdated weapons.

    Owning a bunch of desperate humans is not fun.

    There must be a reason to go along, but it must be something ‘good’. People do the most vile things to do something good.

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      3 days ago

      You’re giving these people far too much credit. They are of average intelligence, their success hinges entirely on preexisting wealth and a mindset where they always get what they want.

      • plyth@feddit.org
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        2 days ago

        I think that’s a comforting assumption. They are not unfathomable intelligent but they are more intelligent than most people. If they were average, society could reign them in easily.

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          I suppose it depends on how dumb you think the average person is. I’ve worked for the outragously rich and successful and it’s definitely not their intelligence that got them where they are. Bezos, Musk, Theil, Gates are all successful because they were in the Right Placetm Right Timetm and have a relentless drive to get what they want.