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Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Perks of not taking your company public? I hate two comma mfers as much as the next red blooded American, but Gabe ain't the one.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    What you're after is a bit of socialism.

    We don't have to kill all the millionaires and billionaires, they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take, as long as they do that they can have their luxury yachts.

    The problem is almost none of them actually do contribute anything to the world and most of the ones that do contribute things that the world doesn't want. Elon Musk contributes a lot of electric cars to the world, which would be a good thing, it's just a shame they're all dangerous killing machines.

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

    Elon Musk actively hinders his companies from succeeding. People need to stop glorifying his involvement in companies he paid to have his name on.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Financial (the capital's) success isn't the same as company success or even some sort of measure how much a company continues to society in more intrinsic terms.

    We have one success metric & we can't be surprised it's winning.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    they are just required to contribute to the world more than they take

    They wouldn't be millionaires or billionaires then. You don't get millionaire without appropriating the labor of others.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    Hard disagree. My mom is a working class socialist and a millionaire.

    Edit to add: million ain't as big as it used to be.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Care to elaborate how she earned that million exactly?

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

    She is/was a teacher

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    And how did she get a million? What does she teach?

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

    Million ain't as much as it used to be. There are actually tons of millionaire teachers.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I recall a Ramsey poll where the fourth highest profession for millionaires is teaching.

    Learning from others and following a plan is how one becomes a millionaire. Teachers have those critical skills down.

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