[dpark]

> In NYC, billionaires are like supervillains.

This is absurd to the point of being cartoonish. No one treats billionaires like supervillains. How many billionaires are in supermax prisons right now in New York?

> Nobody particularly likes them

This is not relevant, regardless of whether it’s true. A ton of people hate Thiel and Trump. Disliking a billionaire doesn’t take away their power.

[nancyminusone]

In cartoons, supervillains are rarely in prison either, even though that's where they belong.

[baseballdork]

> This is absurd to the point of being cartoonish. No one treats billionaires like supervillains. How many billionaires are in supermax prisons right now in New York?

"Supervillains" are comic book entities who are rarely in prison

[dpark]

Because they escape or cannot be captured. Not because there’s no will to lock them up.

But this is really not my point. Billionaires == Supervillains is not a commonly held view outside some echo chambers.

[smegger001]

I dont know "billionaire realestate mogul and serial criminal gets elected president" is the quick bio of both Lex Luthor and Donald Trump. Larry Elision buying up Hawaiian islands sure looks like a Bond Villian if you squint a little.

[dpark]

Being a billionaire seems to be a prerequisite for being a modern supervillain but most billionaires probably don’t qualify. There are 125 billionaires living in New York City alone.

Batman is a billionaire too in comic lore.