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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What people strangely fail to understand about billionaires is that every single one of them, by definition, has a mental disorder that compels them to continually amass more money by any means necessary, and they will disregard all morality to do it.

Here's a little thought exercise: if you won the lottery, what is the lowest jackpot amount you could win where you would quit your job? Ten million? A hundred million? A billion?

If you answered literally any number, congratulations, you're not the type of sociopath that becomes a billionaire. Every normal person has an amount of money that makes them say "ok that's plenty to do what I need to do in my life." Whether that's travelling the world in luxury, funding charity causes, or building the world's biggest ball of twine, it doesn't matter because you have shown there is some amount of money that will satisfy you.

Billionaires do not have a number that will satisfy them. If they did, they would have stopped before they reached the level of Elon Musk or Peter Thiel where it is literally impossible for them to spend it all in their lifetime even if they tried. Because there is no number that will satisfy them, they are compelled to keep growing their wealth by any means necessary. It is a legitimate addiction, and much like how a heroin addict will do absolutely anything to get their next fix, so will a billionaire to get their next billion, and they don't care how many lives they have to ruin to get it.

Zuckerberg didn't change, this is who he always was, a money junkie desperate to obtain more by any means necessary. Previously he believed that putting on a liberal persona was the best path to the biggest fix, so that's the way he acted, now he sees sucking up to Trump to be a more efficient means so that's what he is doing, but make no mistake - there was no shift in morals because he never had any to begin with.[/quote]

I don't know if I agree with this. It works if you see your job as primarily a revenue generator.  It doesn't work if your work satisfies a creative instinct that you need to meet to be happy.

Let's put it another way: How much would you need to pay Yo-Yo Ma to never touch the cello again? How about Evgeni Kissin, what would it take for him to never come around a piano again? How about Leonardo, what would he charge to stop painting?

I think people like Zuck are no longer doing it for the money. You may disagree with their motivation but they have something they want to do with the business, and that's what gives them pleasure.  [/quote]

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