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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·7 days agoThat’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoDon’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-27 days agoCounterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWas Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoBy all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoExactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
That’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
Don’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
Was Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
By all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
Exactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.