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gugagore on May 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The diminishing returns of productivity culture (2...

No one believes they are hoarding cans of food. People say they are hoarding wealth, and assuming it's liquid.

https://ncarteron.medium.com/the-billionaires-arent-liquid-a...

Which it is.

They absolutely could, and the only reason they don't is because they like being in the club of biggest-pile-havers.

leaflets2 on May 8, 2022 [–]

What would you suggest they do with it?

I'm wondering if "getting rid" of that much money, using it for good things, but without most of it disappearing in corruption, is more than a full time job

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