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Ol Janx Spirit

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8. The most disappointing thing--to me--is that everyone--including those 925 billionaires--would not...

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 06:11 PM

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...want a society that is just and serves everyone.

It is immoral to not believe that IMO.

And, they could not be billionaires without a lot of people of ordinary means doing the work for them.

The marginalized in society are marginalized because those with power choose for it to be that way. And that is not a new thing, but something that reaches far back in human history.

We have failed ourselves.

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