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Aristus

(72,206 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:34 PM Thursday

I'll never understand "ambitious" billionaires. [View all]

Stop trying to change life as we know it. Stop trying to change the world as we know it. Stop fucking up people’s lives. Stop trying to re-invent the wheel. Stop with those stupid fucking boom-mic-to-the-mouth TED talks. Stop trying to be the “only guy who can fix it”. Stop buying greedy, scheming politicians.

You’ve got all the money in the world. Go lay out under a palm tree in The Bahamas. Travel the world. Meet people. But a round of drinks for the whole bar. Play Santa at a homeless shelter for children. See an opera in every major opera city in the world. Go on safari and bring a camera, not a gun. Live incognito at a small hotel in a tiny village in Scotland for a month. Attend a tribal dance festival in Kenya. Visit the great religious structures of the world; cathedrals, mosques, temples, stone circles, etc. Ride a glider over the Alps. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich. Take a trans-Canada train trip in a sleeper car. Do a road trip across the United States. Hop a ride-along on a truck-train through the Outback. Pay your respects at the My Lai Massacre Memorial in Vietnam. Observe a few quiet moments at the site of the village of Lidiče in the Czech Republic.

There are so many things you can do with unlimited funds other than colossally fuck up the only world we have.

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There are no ethical billionaires. N/t Coventina Thursday #1
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Thursday #4
Who might that be? calimary Yesterday #7
JB Pritzker is one too IbogaProject Yesterday #9
you overlook blaeckfoeoess 20 hrs ago #17
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Trump brags about being a billionaire. Made most of it grifting off the Presidency and wants more surfered 12 hrs ago #24
I think their entire life is about... S/V Loner Thursday #2
It is a form of drmeow 12 hrs ago #28
It's not just what billionaires do with their money ThoughtCriminal Thursday #3
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They figure since they have billions of dollars Diamond_Dog Thursday #5
messiah complex. mopinko Thursday #6
Once you have more money than you will ever need, the next thing to amass is power. Marie Marie Yesterday #8
so much money, the only thing left to buy mopinko 22 hrs ago #14
Or to quote the Chili Peppers Mblaze Yesterday #10
Aristus, this is a beautiful piece of writing rhiannon55 Yesterday #11
Thank you. Aristus 21 hrs ago #15
Cutizens United BurnDoubt Yesterday #12
Addictive greed. moondust Yesterday #13
This is beautiful. Picturelady 21 hrs ago #16
Thank you. Aristus 13 hrs ago #21
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But, none of them are sufficiently... egotistical enough. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #18
Wish I could rec this more than once. dickthegrouch 13 hrs ago #19
There is an emptiness in some people which they cannot fill nor understand. RockRaven 13 hrs ago #20
I love your billionaire's bucket list genxlib 12 hrs ago #26
I've come to believe for a long time now that after your net worth hits 7-8 figures... Wounded Bear 12 hrs ago #27
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