• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Wishing ill on someone purely because they’re wealthy is gross, and also just plain cringe.

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      7 months ago

      First of all, I didn’t wish ill on anyone. I made a joke about it being unfair to connect an innocent non public person to Moscow Mitch, then pretended TP concede the point because of her billionaire status.

      Secondly, being a billionaire isn’t just “wealthy”. It’s a grotesque level of wealth hoarding that’s impossible to achieve without abusing and/or severely depriving people who have done you no harm. THAT’S “plain cringe”.

      Pictured: what most people would consider a significant amount of money, what most people would consider a large enough net “worth” to be wealthy and a ridiculous dragon’s hoard, respectively: