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mopinko

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6. messiah complex.
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:16 PM
Thursday

ya know, ordinary ppl wish they cd remake the world. i have a dear friend, a granny, and whenever we get together, we always talk about what we’d do if we had a magic wand.
my dad used to do it, too. he had a couple pals, they called themselves ‘the problem solvers’. they’d walk around the block, beers in hand, and discuss all the ways they’d fix everything.

the trouble w most billionaires is that they dont want to fix things, they want to build the world around themselves. make themselves a god. 1 in a thousand, maybe, have that human desire to make things better.
i think a lot of them started out decent, but the shit they did to get that rich rotted their souls.

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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 11 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 21 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 20 hrs ago #15
Cutizens United BurnDoubt Yesterday #12
Addictive greed. moondust Yesterday #13
This is beautiful. Picturelady 20 hrs ago #16
Thank you. Aristus 12 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 12 hrs ago #19
There is an emptiness in some people which they cannot fill nor understand. RockRaven 12 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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