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Wealth Hoarders (lemmus.org)
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[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Being a billionaire (aka wealth hoarder) is a mental illness.

If they were hoarding anything else to this extent, going way beyond their rational needs, e.g. billions of tables, pokemon cards or toilet papers, everybody would know they are insane. But as it’s money, somehow they are supposed to be the smartest people in the world, and we should worship them.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

This. It's literally no different, and the fact that so many people idolise this kind of hoarding shows how powerful the processes of hegemony are.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 1 week ago

If there are 10 monkeys in a zoo and they give them 10 oranges a day as a treat and one of the monkeys would hoard 6 oranges every day and left them to rot. Do you think that the zookeepers would keep an eye on it because it's clearly mentally ill or an asshole, or would they point at it and go: damn, that's one cool and smart monkey.

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

That's just what monkeys do and if you give the weakest monkey an orange the strongest will go and kill them.

[-] rah@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago

Being a billionaire (aka wealth hoarder) is a mental illness.

No it isn't.

e.g. billions of tables, pokemon cards or toilet papers

These aren't directly related to sex appeal whereas money is.

somehow they are supposed to be the smartest people in the world, and we should worship them

Who told you that?

this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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