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by JumpCrisscross 509 days ago
> With Musk swinging his arm to in the air to hail his führer it really feels like the defining moment of new age rich people

We're five days into the Presidency. And Musk has stumbled across power the sorts he hasn't really had to wrangle with before. I'd be shocked if he comes out in 2028 better off, materially, than he is now.
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ChrisMarshallNY 509 days ago
It's probably not a good idea to piss off people with corporeal power.

Xi makes a lot less than Jack Ma, but I think that he showed him who's In Charge.

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JumpCrisscross 509 days ago
> corporeal power

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ChrisMarshallNY 509 days ago
Meaning power over the body (armed thugs, for example). Bit of a play on words.

Ma has power over the money, but Xi has power over Ma's body.

Rich people often think that money is everything (and they are usually correct), but there are some things that money can only buy, when facing a bat with nails driven through it.

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scyzoryk_xyz 509 days ago
*Rich people in America

How much you “make” is a silly concept in many places in the world. “People with guns listening to you” is the real power.

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JumpCrisscross 509 days ago
> How much you “make”

Anyone talking about how much they "make" isn't rich (in the respect we're discussing) in any society.

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NewJazz 509 days ago
Presumably the PRC/CCP is a body in this metaphor.
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