JA WestenbergIf you take criticisms of billionaires personally I can only conclude you believe you have a chance of being one.
My dudes.
You do not.
Angie@Daojoan Do not take away my hope of winning the lottery! 😆
Jernej Simončič �@jernej__s @Daojoan Uh. You must realize that I was joking from the laughing emoji.
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RevPudDudley@Daojoan The unPresident has waltzed these sad people into thinking "I too could become ridiculously wealthy *and then* I wouldn't like taxes either!"
Pepperbike@RevPudDudley @Daojoan True, although I think that transformation in the thinking of working class repug voters started back under Reagan.
Sid 🇵🇸@Daojoan not only do they not, but I don't think they understand what a billionaire is or does
@Daojoan Oh come on. If Elon Musk can do it, it can't be that hard.
Ehproque has moved@robinadams @Daojoan it's not that hard, just like being albino isn't that hard, but the window closes pretty early for most people
gellge@ehproque @robinadams @Daojoan crashing my dream to be the first albino in my family, damn that's tough to swallow.
The Great Llama 
Mans R@robinadams @Daojoan Given the right circumstances it's quite easy. Like your father owning an emerald mine.
Bradley Stowers@Daojoan “It's a big club, and you ain’t in it.”
@Daojoan starting odds about one in 302 billion.
Joe GANIO-MEGO@Daojoan, it is beyond incredible that 95 to 98% of the sapiens think they are billionaires.
It was an unknown thing that became visible through digital interactions.
It is impossible to understand why it has evolved.
AI going into AGI will have to account for it.
It was an unknown thing that became visible through digital interactions.
It is impossible to understand why it has evolved.
AI going into AGI will have to account for it.
Pēteris Krišjānis@Daojoan I think is so darkly tragic about american dream. It exploits people's dreams and desires.
Robin Banks@peteriskrisjanis @Daojoan The American Dream is to be successful and live a fulfilling and happy life.
Unfortunately our zero sum capitalistic system has corrupted the American Dream into something that is perceived to only be achievable by means of cheating the system and taking advantage of those who are less fortunate.
Coupling this with a disassociation with our friends and neighbors because of social media and politics has only made more Americans numb to the effects of their actions.
Keri Svendsen@WeirdWriter @Daojoan I wanna be a billionaire. I could actually do more good than I am now with less burn out because I'd be doing what I wanted to do.
enoch_exe_inc@Daojoan Bill Gates is arguably the only billionaire whom I actually respect, but only because I know for a fact he isn’t an idiot. He actually did write Microsoft Windows and came up with niche solutions to algorithms that we have only been able to improve by a tiny bit today.
So, if people were to criticise him in that regard, I would push back on that. But in every other way…yeah, you got nothing from me. He’s still a billionaire, no matter how brilliant.
Gentleman Technologist@enoch_exe_inc @Daojoan read up on Bill Gates' habit of "brain-raping" (his term) the competition.
A lot of those cool ideas he implemented were not his ideas at all.
Having said that, the Gates Foundation does appear to be a force for good.
*Shrug* maybe people are complicated
Hamilton Lumati@Daojoan this is actually a sign of empathy, towards the wrong group, but still.
It's crazy seeing people putting themselves in the place of a billionaire instead of a homeless person, their delusional optimism prevents them from seeing that they're closer to the latter than the first.
KAlcala@Daojoan Yes but this, apparently is the American Dream. And this is the snake oil Tr etc and his pals are peddling to an increasingly un educated and gullible public.
Three plus or minus five@Daojoan Also: if you think you have what it takes to be a billionaire, you are saying you are a sociopath who cares nothing about exploiting people and stealing wealth.
Because it is not possible to earn a billion dollars.