sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agoThe sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planetlemmy.todayimagemessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1imageThe sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planetlemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squareBamboodpanda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·9 days agoPower. Not a nicer car. Not a better vacation. Not a bigger house. The ability to buy companies, fund institutions, shape industries, influence politics, and absorb enormous losses without changing your lifestyle. At a certain point, more money stops buying a better life. It starts buying more control.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoThe ability to use money as a weapon
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoFor us that just means putting 2 to 5 lbs of loose change in a thick sock. =\
Power.
Not a nicer car. Not a better vacation. Not a bigger house.
The ability to buy companies, fund institutions, shape industries, influence politics, and absorb enormous losses without changing your lifestyle.
At a certain point, more money stops buying a better life. It starts buying more control.
The ability to use money as a weapon
For us that just means putting 2 to 5 lbs of loose change in a thick sock. =\