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    Or all billionaires are scum who have written the laws and ensured that the fine for this is no more than an annoyance and removing the sign without a permit was a worthwhile risk and the right call to make.

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      This guy gets it.

      I think “all billionaires are scum” is perhaps too harsh, but it’s far closer to the truth than the views of society at large.

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          Rowling became a billionaire by writing popular books and selling the movie rights. She’s a scummy person, obviously, but she didn’t become rich by being one.

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            Yeah you definitely can become a billionaire without being a scummy person, just not trough business. You need to be an artist or athlete.

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              Definitely not going to be a CEO without being a piece of shit. You need that lack of ethics to make it that high.

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                You can literally start your own company and assign yourself CEO. It’s probably all of a filing fee away. It’s easy to become a C-suite.

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                Which means you’re born into a weird sociopathic upbringing. Very fee born into wealth see any issues with it and even then, it tends to be short lived. One of the Johnson and Johnson heirs put out a documentary, but not much after that.

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            As you say, she’s a scummy person, so you have no way of knowing that she only became a billionaire because of the books.

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            Most of the Harry Potter stories are stolen/copies of either existing young adult novels or existing mythology. There’s very little original material or concepts. All writers borrow from other writers, but Rowling is just barely better than a plagiarist.

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        Too harsh? Can you name one that isn’t?

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          I’m pretty sure that future billionaire me seems like a cool guy, I’m totally not biased.

          Eat the rich, except if I become rich, then I’m exempt because I am a honorary proletariat

          /s but seriously tho, if anyone becomes a billionaire, they’ll soon get corrupted by the wealth

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            You don’t become a billionaire without exploiting so many people and then hording those riches to yourself. You’ve already been corrupted by that point.

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            I think for most people, they become an asshole on the way to becoming a billionaire. You don’t make that kind of money without exploitation and plundering. The only exception I could think of would be if they inherited the money. And even so, if you inherit that kind of money and don’t give out a good chunk of it, you’re still scum imo.