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9. Absolute power (wealth) corrupts absolutely.

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:53 PM

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Sure it can be said that some do some good. Given.
At what cost? The beating heart of a country?
Agreed, billionaires should not exist.

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'I don't think we should have billionaires': Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his own words [View all] duckworth969 Thursday OP

Bernie Sanders: "billionaires shouldn't exist". Donkees Thursday #1

He does not come from a billionaire family, murielm99 Thursday #2

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Omnipresent Thursday #3

Depends How They Earned Their Wealth DemocratSinceBirth Thursday #4

And what you do with it. nt sheshe2 Thursday #5

There are three kinds of rich PCB66 Thursday #8

I agree Clouds Passing Thursday #6

I personally have no problem with billionaires PCB66 Thursday #7

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos didn't create those products alone. meadowlander Thursday #10

Mostly from increase in undertaxed stock value, not from direct profits thought crime Thursday #12

And creating monopolies. Chemical Bill Thursday #19

I suspect that the fortunes of the super-rich snot Thursday #13

Absolute power (wealth) corrupts absolutely. Prairie_Seagull Thursday #9

Scapegoating instead of thinking hard is a burden on liberal politics. gulliver Thursday #11

Agreed that the super-rich are a symptom, snot Thursday #15

Excellent points! gulliver Thursday #17

I heard the term "unspendable wealth" the other day. Greybnk48 Thursday #14

Agreed. AllyCat Thursday #16

No one begrudges hard work and success. hamsterjill Thursday #18