Now would be a good time for a reminder that there is no such thing as a moral billionaire. Scientifically, sane people retire to lives of luxury with their families long before they reach that level of wealth. The only reason to seek such wealth is out of a sick desire to control other human beings. Religiously, scripture says that there are no wealthy people in paradise. In the end, they all burn. Scientifically or religiously, you do not become a billionaire unless there is something broken in your soul.
How has ‘what is moral’ come to be scientifically settled?
Different cultures across the world have different morals. Yet for this statement to be true, there must be an agreed scientific consensus on a quantitative metric and its impact on a fundamentally unscientific det of cultural rules.
The appeal to scientific authority in this statement undermines a good moral argument to be made about inequity and excessive individual rights to property.
This is just a call to some pop-science, at best, meant to engage the rage. It has no better scientific basis than trickle down economics does.
Do not put words in my mouth. I said nothing of scientific morality.
I said that different people work for different reasons. Sane people work to achieve the necessities of life, providing a means to support themselves and their families. Sane people, with healthy relationships and interests, value things other than work. Once you have enough to live in luxury for a dozen lifetimes, you are no longer pursuing things like friends, family, hobbies, etc. You are instead working primarily because you are a psychopath who gets off on lording power over others. The only thing that billions in wealth gets you is power and influence over others. That’s literally its only utility.
There are no moral billionaires. If you seek that level of wealth, there is something fundamentally broken in your soul. You need to be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum, as you are pathologically addicted to money and power.
Claiming a scientific authority that doesn’t exist and someone calling you on it, isn’t putting words in your mouth. Its a reaction to an unjustified claim to authority, that undermines that authority when it is actually appropriate.
It also undermines your own argument. Its good to see you’re reply shifted position.
“I am an alpha male.”
The narcissists are fiiiightiiiiing!
Time to lean fully into this: Elon is doing all this to expose the ridiculous control money has over politics
“I AM SPARTACUS!”.
“NO YOU ARE NOT! I AM SPARTACUS!”.
“NUH-UH!” “AM SO!”“Bruh, what are these dorks going on about? Pass me another brew and fire up that J.”
Good…I hope they tear each other to pieces.
maybe we’ll be lucky and they’ll be too busy tearing each other apart that they won’t have time to tear this country apart.
I would think Trump pretending to be fabulously wealthy but being exposed as a populist grifter, and Elon being the richest guy in the world, would hang in the air like Trump’s stench.
So we really did get our second African American President.
First illegal immigrant President, too.
This dude is so fucking easy to manipulate.
Really, the exact trait that I want in a leader 🙄
If he’s so easy to manipulate, then why don’t you do it?
No seriously please, help us.
So which one gets into a horrible accident /assassination?
Either one has the willingness and lack of foresight to take out the other
What, junior assistent deputy backup “president” Donald Trump is furious that President Elon Musk outranks him and gives him orders? He cannot be mad at President Elon Musk, President Elon Musk could order a nuclear strike on his house, does lowly Donald Trump not know that? He should thank his President Elon Musk for bringing him with him to the white house, Elon Musk’s new residence!
Trump is pretty vulnerable. He won’t complete his full term
Oooooooo, President Elon is gonna be pissed at poor man Trump and cut off his funding.
Trump better shape up and kiss the ring.
Yeah, how dare Trump talk to his superior, Elon Musk, like that?? It’s unconscionable!
Why are they calling journalists? I thought all the news was fake.
Yeah, I thought journalist always called him. Him being a “ratings machine” and all.
Gossip rags 🤷♂️
It would be helpful to constantly remind Donnie that Musk is about 100 times richer than him, too.
