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bizarroland@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago

The best way to get rich is to wait for a disaster to happen and then soak up all of the resources.

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The best way to get rich is to wait for a disaster to happen and then soak up all of the resources.

bizarroland@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago
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    I hate that society in general is of the culture of “taking initiative”, which mostly translates to “exploit others for your selfish gain”, and people see it as completely normal.

    I guess this is why so many people fervently oppose when the culture starts to shift back to wanting egalitarianism and people getting a fair chance.

    Many people I live around genuinely complain about Medicare, public transport and social housing being expanded just because they got very slightly higher taxes this year.

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    How does a non-rich person soak up all the resources?

    • bizarroland@lemmy.worldOP
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      Taking on extreme risk. There’s a disaster going on.

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      Make a few extra holes and become a sponge

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.ca
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    The best way to get rich:

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  • the_q@piefed.social
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    The best way to get rich is to be born rich.

  • cymbal_king@lemmy.world
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    You might be interested in the book Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

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    deleted by creator

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    Rn I’m doing the best I can to shovel money out of the AI bubble

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      What were you invested in before and where are you moving your assets now?

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        I’m largely invested in consumer staples, always have been. I understand the business model.

        My day job is building enterprise AI tools: I’m shoveling as fast as possible so when I’m laid off theres a pile to use.

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    If the disaster is big enough for this to work out, your new riches will be worth shit anyway.

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    “Wait”. Sure.

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    what?

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