rail enthusiast wife DariaJan 18, 2023

Keep seeing people comment that if they were billionaires, they’d be the good kind, who used their money to help society.

And I have to keep pointing out, you don’t get to be a billionaire if you’re a person who’d help society. You don’t accumulate the billion dollars: you used it helping society.

Show threadrail enthusiast wife Daria
(Yes, if somehow some foolish billionaire left me theirs when they died, I would be a billionaire who used it helping society; but no billionaire is gonna die and leave me, in particular, their money. I am related to no one with that kind of money)
Jan 18, 2023 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadPhillip of MastodonJan 18, 2023
@dariaphoebe A fair number of billionaires do inherit their wealth, but since they’re usually trained from birth to guard the hoard, I’d say your core premise stands.
Show threadKevin Teljeur ❄️Apr 11, 2023
@dariaphoebe To be fair, billionaires seem to be generally hellbent on not leaving their money to others. And what’s with the hanging on to it at all costs until death in old age? What are they even doing with it then?
Show threadAdvanced Persistent TeapotApr 11, 2023

@kevinteljeur @dariaphoebe if you're taking about the philanthropist class, I think it should be amended to, billionaires are hell-bent on being -seen- as not wanting to leave their money to others

The evidence for them actually putting their literal money where their mouth is, is slim.