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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 15:40:43 JST Aral Balkan

   The only reason we listen to billionaires is because because they have a billion dollars. The only reason they have a billion dollars is because they were willing to profit obscenely from an unjust system and accept the role of being the standard bearers for inequality. Think about that.

   • Jorge Toledo :mastodon: (eldelacajita@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 17:20:58 JST Jorge Toledo :mastodon:

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     @aral As Argentinian cartoonist Quino once wrote, "you can't amass* a fortune without turning others into flour".

     * In Spanish, the word for "amass" in this context is "amasar", which means "to knead".