Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires
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Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires
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01-08-2025, 01:58 PM
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
01-08-2025, 03:36 PM
(01-08-2025, 01:58 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires WHY? Why does anyone want Far Too Much money? There's something deeply unattractive about greed. Those who are ultra wealthy should be deeply ashamed, but it seems that they lack the sensitivity to comprehend the repulsiveness of sheer greed. 
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
01-08-2025, 09:22 PM
I am convinced it is a mental illness. Hoarding on a grand scale. Poor bastards need meds and some serious counselling.
At their expense. 
Yesterday, 08:13 AM
good on them
The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money
Yesterday, 11:07 AM
(01-08-2025, 09:22 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I am convinced it is a mental illness. Hoarding on a grand scale. Poor bastards need meds and some serious counselling. I suspect that's it. A quick google brought up these which support the idea - maybe we should be teaching schoolkids about the dangers of greed. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/...ysfunction https://truthout.org/articles/greed-as-a...-disorder/ https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/co...lness_cmv/
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
Yesterday, 03:13 PM
(Yesterday, 11:07 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:(01-08-2025, 09:22 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I am convinced it is a mental illness. Hoarding on a grand scale. Poor bastards need meds and some serious counselling. be better to teach them how to earn a living
The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money
Yesterday, 03:19 PM
(Yesterday, 03:13 PM)heisenberg Wrote:(Yesterday, 11:07 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: I suspect that's it. A quick google brought up these which support the idea - maybe we should be teaching schoolkids about the dangers of greed. That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh... 
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
Yesterday, 03:35 PM
(Yesterday, 03:19 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:(Yesterday, 03:13 PM)heisenberg Wrote: be better to teach them how to earn a living pity the previous government pissed away all the money eh
The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money
Yesterday, 03:38 PM
(Yesterday, 03:35 PM)heisenberg Wrote:(Yesterday, 03:19 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh... Hardly fair when there've been several govts doing that..starting with the one in which blardyRogerblardyDouglas was involved.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
Yesterday, 04:22 PM
(Yesterday, 03:35 PM)heisenberg Wrote:But Luxon and co keep telling us the country is getting 'back on track'. Does this data really support Luxon's rhetoric: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/library-...uary-2025/(Yesterday, 03:19 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh... The domestic economy is in the doldrums and the cream of our working age population are heading out of NZ in droves. Oh, and the repeated blame of the previous government for NZ's failing fortunes, and whatever ailment of the day is topical, by limp Luxon and Nicky No Boats is well passed its use by date. |
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