Comment by root-parent
19 hours ago
HN must be the only place on the web where billionaires are propped up. 98% of you, are already in the SQL result set, of the next layoffs at your big five...
19 hours ago
HN must be the only place on the web where billionaires are propped up. 98% of you, are already in the SQL result set, of the next layoffs at your big five...
Uninformed HNers grouse endlessly about the wealthy and megacorps in without understanding their actual psychology, motivations, and sources of power/income. Then they are left wondering time after time why all their campaigning and efforts against them comes to naught.
There’s nothing to understand. Power begets power and self interests are pursued to the detriment of others partly because individuals have limited understanding of the full system and partly because of plain selfishness. You can debate how big each part is, but there’s a systemic issue here.
Oh you should see the Musk-adjacent subreddits. Not to mention MAGA. Billionaires are still worshipped on the “wealth == success” basis by many, many people.
You either jumped to express your opinion without reading previous comments, or you are not being honest, cause it's not about "all billionaires good" claim
"If it's worth your time to say something false, it's worth my time to correct it". I don't take a stance on who is right, but your dismissal here, which doesn't deal with the truth of the matter, is worse than both.
Talk about living a sheltered life style. I did too until doing my obligatory military service. Now I don't even correct a quarter of wrong things I hear.
There's literally nothing in my previous commentary which "props up" anyone. The layoffs mention suggests that as someone who may lose job I must support anything said against billionaires whether correct or not. I sincerely urge you to re-visit your position cause putting political statements above facts amounts to dumbing down oneself, with a potential to become an enthusiastic koolaid drinker if you see what I mean.
If your not tugging the line of no-nuance criticism, then you are agreeing with the bad people.
Big difference between propping up and trying to correct an extremely naive and childish view someone has about rich people.
Your opinion is not an argument, every scientific study proving you are wrong demonstrates the truth:
Maybe UC Berkeley is good enough for you?
"Upper Class More Likely to Be Scofflaws Due to Greed, Study Finds" - https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/upper-class-more-likely...
"Does money make you mean?" - https://youtu.be/bJ8Kq1wucsk?t=311
"Wealth and the inflated self: class, entitlement, and narcissism" - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23963971/
"Multiple studies show that drivers of expensive, luxury cars are significantly less likely to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and more prone to committing traffic violations compared to drivers of budget-friendly vehicles" - https://www.ralphaschwartzpc.com/blog/study-luxury-car-drive...
"Polish millionaire apologizes after snatching signed hat from child at US Open" - https://abc7ny.com/post/video-goes-viral-polish-millionaire-...
Who is naive here?
I suppose, the most naive is the one who believes we can't read comments above, and see where it started, and who's trying to pivot.
Btw, I opened the very first "scientific proof" you offered, and it happens to be a story with no links or data about one cool student's deep studies where people who believe stealing isn't so bad steal more often, and that's why upper class is bad-bad. So how do I know you didn't even try to read it before posting?
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The point I was responding to was claiming rich people lose their ability to self-regulate. You are posting about them being mean, more narcissistic and more greedy.
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the irony of you getting your panties in a bunch over being disagreed with is simply delightful. not so different than those pesky billionaires, are you?