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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
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(01-08-2025, 01:58 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/busin...fam-report
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.
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I am convinced it is a mental illness. Hoarding on a grand scale. Poor bastards need meds and some serious counselling.
At their expense.
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good on them
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(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.
At their expense.
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/
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(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.
At their expense.
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.
be better to teach them how to earn a living
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(11 hours ago)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.
be better to teach them how to earn a living
That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh...
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(10 hours ago)Lilith7 Wrote: (11 hours ago)heisenberg Wrote: be better to teach them how to earn a living
That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh... 
pity the previous government pissed away all the money eh
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(10 hours ago)heisenberg Wrote: (10 hours ago)Lilith7 Wrote: That'd be an excellent idea - if there were enough jobs. Shame this govt did away with so many eh... 
pity the previous government pissed away all the money eh
Hardly fair when there've been several govts doing that..starting with the one in which blardyRogerblardyDouglas was involved.
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