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I_UndergroundPanther

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1. Nobody gets rich

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2022, 11:48 AM

Apr 2022

Being a nice person.

Because capitalism is rigged to reward dark triad personalities.

And some people are so weak they glom onto dark triad assholes. Every cult is run by an asshole.

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The cult of Elon Musk: Why do some of us worship billionaires? [View all] marmar Apr 2022 OP

Nobody gets rich I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #1

+1 shrike3 Apr 2022 #6

Same servile mentality that is exploited by Trump and other authoritarians dalton99a Apr 2022 #2

For some reason, they think the billionaires personally like them when they actually despise them. LonePirate Apr 2022 #3

+1. Just look at the way Musk treats his employees - people who toil to make him rich dalton99a Apr 2022 #5

They're too stupid to know the billionaires have their boot on their neck. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #4

I have the word Musk on trash XanaDUer2 Apr 2022 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m May 2022 #10

Propaganda. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #8

Horatio Alger orangecrush May 2022 #9