Just a shower realisation... I never associated the two words before but it's so obviously true.

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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Billionaires are humanity's cancer.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And since they run or influence our lives in so many ways, does that mean that humanity has cancer?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Indeed, I believe we are seeing the simptoms.

    Won't you say humanity is sick right now?

    To expand on my previous point: A cáncer cell (billionaire) is one that forgot its original purpose (being a productive member of society) and instead grows indiscriminately, eventually killing its host (Everyone else and the planet).

    Honestly I don't see any difference at all between the two.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    And another follow-up thought:

    If cancer cells are at their most dangerous when infecting an unhealthy host, does that imply that the ultra-wealthy are currently at their most dangerous, given how fragmented and non-united the human host is with respect to fighting them off?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ooh, nice.

    Indeed, I've sometimes wondered just how much humanity, from a wide view, behaves like many a micro-organism that's too successful for their own good, eventually exhausting the local resources, drowning in their own waste, and causing their own extinction. Not exactly a nice, cheery "Hallmark card" thought(!)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Nah, they're a side effect. It's people with Cluster B personality disorders that are the cancer. You can't be a billionaire without having one.

    They're the reason that true communism and socialism will never happen. They will corrupt any system.

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