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by apsurd 37 days ago
The State are the people and the people want tech billionaires because they want the same chance at being that (tech) m/billionaire.

Temporarily embarrassed millionaires; I cannot get around that issue toward collective action, toward myself contributing to an answer. I'm stuck. I can't unsee its truth =/. The individual will choose enrichment. We all will.
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rixed 37 days ago
No we won't, and that's why we had free software in the first place. Many people dream of a community not of being forever singled out.
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watwut 37 days ago
It does not seem like people want tech billionaires. It is fairly common to hate them.

It is just that peoples preference dont matter as billionaires have disproportionally more power.

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apsurd 37 days ago
My example is always Bezos; everyone "hates" greedy tech Billionaire Bezos but how did he get there? We all put him there every day, every hour, every purchase.

If basically everyone transacts with Amazon, willingly, how is it possible that Bezos is the bad guy? I get that it's not black and white but the point stands: he didn't overthrow the government, the we put him there.

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