I don’t think he needs or wants any more money. These guys already have so much moolah that it is virtually meaningless to them. They want power. Remember when Zuck tried to run for president?
No. Which election?
Surprised that people are still quoting a decade old rumor.
…without losing control of the company if his absence is “in connection with his serving in a government position or office.” I assume the two years would cover the period Mark would be taking on the—presumably time-consuming—endeavor of campaigning to be president of the United States.More money equals more power.
Especially in a world that's been programmed to believe wholeheartedly that money is literally the most important thing in the entire universe, and these people who worship it as a god will never be satisfied with any amount of money; even when the last human alive owns all of it, they'll still want more. It's a form of mass-insanity. The Cult of Money.
Trump could fairly easily make any of the tech CEO’s life living hell with endless investigations and court battles and possible incarceration. So I would say power is power. That is the one thing Thiel and his ilk are afraid of.
I'm no communist, but by all measures extreme disparity has nothing but bad consequences for any society.