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Anyone who has billions of dollars to spend is obviously treating their wealth like some sort of highscore and don't give a shit about anybody or anything else, otherwise they would have been spending their money once they were already in the 100 million dollar level because they are already so far beyond any needs or material desires for them or their next 6 generations of family.

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> obviously treating their wealth like some sort of highscore

yep. see

> Caleb will later recall, in an interview with D Magazine, asking his dad why he works so hard.

> “It’s a game,” Randy explains to his son.

> “How do you know who wins?” the boy asks.

> “Whoever dies with the most money.” [1]

not even exaggerating

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-g...

The more you have, the more you can invest. Investing is a form of helping. Also, you can use the profits from your investments to give direct aid and donations, as well as create nonprofit organizations to fund. All of this can be gamed for appearances’ sake as well. It’s a hall of mirrors. If everything is politics, what they do is as suspect as what they don’t do.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. The more you have, the more you have to work with, and the more you can help others.

This is what the parable of the talents is meant to demonstrate, for example.

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