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[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 173 points 1 year ago

Honestly, Mark Cuban seems like kind of a cool guy, for a billionaire. I'm sure he's done nasty shit, it's basically inevitable that even the most morally and ethically conscious person would have to do something bad in order to become a billionaire; however he doesn't come off as being sociopathically greedy like Musk or Bezos.

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago

Indeed.

And an often overlooked downside of all the tax loopholes is that asshole billionaires don't pay tax, so they have a competitive advantage against someone like Mark Cuban.

Basically, with billionaires we are evolving them to become nastier with each generation.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

It's weird because why would billionaires even need to compete amongst eachother? You don't even need to get close to a billion to exist in what amounts to a personal, post-scarcity paradise.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

pissing contest at whatever yacht club they decided to jet-set to that weekend.

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