It’s hard to imagine why either of these men — worth a combined $14 billion — are so locked in on social media.
They have nothing more to do. Bored billionaires are the bane of the West: disconnected from the everyday cares people, but rich enough to buy out-sized influence. If it were up to me, I would send them off to some luxury resort on Inaccessible Island where they can’t do any harm.
Well yeh, the problem is how the ultra-rich channel their excess money, and the extent that these new inputs & networks can impinge on the previous freedoms they have benefited from
Warren Trees
6 months ago
We are truly living in an Idiocracy.
J Bryant
6 months ago
“It’s hard to imagine why either of these men — worth a combined $14 billion — are so locked in on social media.”
Because the type of guy who becomes a billionaire through their own efforts tend to be highly driven, highly focused, and highly egotistical. They live for a good fight.
Benedict Waterson
6 months ago
If I was a billionaire I would spend all my time swimming in a giant vault filled with coins, like Scrooge McDuck
What a grand way to choke to death!
I’d go full Ebenezer, living as a bitter miser until visited by literary ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Saul D
6 months ago
Not sure where to put this, but keep an eye out for the burgeoning trade spat brewing between the EU and China, started because the EU tariffs for EV vehicles. It’s not getting much play in English-speaking press currently but would merit a deeper look.
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SubscribeThey have nothing more to do. Bored billionaires are the bane of the West: disconnected from the everyday cares people, but rich enough to buy out-sized influence. If it were up to me, I would send them off to some luxury resort on Inaccessible Island where they can’t do any harm.
Two billionaires enter…one billionaire leaves!
Well yeh, the problem is how the ultra-rich channel their excess money, and the extent that these new inputs & networks can impinge on the previous freedoms they have benefited from
We are truly living in an Idiocracy.
“It’s hard to imagine why either of these men — worth a combined $14 billion — are so locked in on social media.”
Because the type of guy who becomes a billionaire through their own efforts tend to be highly driven, highly focused, and highly egotistical. They live for a good fight.
If I was a billionaire I would spend all my time swimming in a giant vault filled with coins, like Scrooge McDuck
What a grand way to choke to death!
I’d go full Ebenezer, living as a bitter miser until visited by literary ghosts on Christmas Eve.
Not sure where to put this, but keep an eye out for the burgeoning trade spat brewing between the EU and China, started because the EU tariffs for EV vehicles. It’s not getting much play in English-speaking press currently but would merit a deeper look.