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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 12 points 3 months ago

Steps:

  1. be (usually born) rich
  2. have an agenda
  3. use your wealth to accomplish it
  4. lie, cheat, steal, do whatever you have to in order to "win"

Did I leave anything out? :-P

[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

You forgot step 5: once you have won, change the rules so nobody else can play anymore

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

Damn, now I'll never be a billionaire! 😂

[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Eh, you're still on time. Wait (checks papers) no, sorry you aren't. They just changed the rules.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

It's okay, I'll live.

Wait no, I just checked the rules, none of us will. Oh well.

Carpe diem baby! :-D

[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Okay (1) FUCK YEAH, but also (5) did you just change the rules there - are you a billionaire? Or just (d) viva la vida loca:-P.

[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm sure the moment I were to become a billionaire people would finally pull out the guillotines.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

Nah. Except yeah, probably. People aren't great at handling subtleties - e.g. "tax the wealth" becomes "kill the billionaires", as if the taxation part wasn't the point, or the fact that actual trillionaires exist is somehow not relevant, etc. It's easier to shoehorn facts into what people already want to do:-P.

[-] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago
[-] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I said carpe? Sorry i meant carpet

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