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Comment by qualeed

6 months ago

>They make money, they're not a charity.

I know it can be shocking to some people to learn this, but you can make money ethically.

Unfortunately, that's not how someone gets that third comma in their net worth. The billionaires that so much of American society worship didn't make all of that money by being smart, kind, honest, or ethical. They made it by being dishonest, morally flexible, and ruthless.

Especially now, business ethics are for the "little people." The modern billionaire class no longer cares about even keeping up the appearance of decency.

  • There's a lot of "comfortably wealthy" available between "charity company" and "billionaire" which can be achieved ethically, though.

    • There absolutely is. If you're absolutely gunning to get a billion dollars you won't be comfortable with any amount of money.

      These people are hungry ghosts.

  • >Unfortunately, that's not how someone gets that third comma in their net worth.

    I just want to say I really like this "third comma" expression for billionaires.

> you can make money ethically

That's good, but what if the goal is min-maxing money making? Everything else becomes secondary.