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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:19:28 JST Aral Balkan

   Stop anthropomorphising billionaires.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:31:41 JST Aral Balkan

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     • brie

     @brie Haha, nice :)

   • brie (brie@venera.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 17:31:42 JST brie

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     @aral I have probably quoted it before, but it nicely fits my experiences:

     “And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human”

     (William Gibson, Count Zero)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 21:56:00 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

     @onepict Yep, yep, and yep :)

   • Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: (onepict@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 21:56:02 JST Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

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     @aral I see billionaires as a bit like King's. They probably see themselves as kings as well in their heart of heart's.

     Possibly even in a "divine right of Kings" way.

     So you end up with people in their courts, massaging their egos, enabling those egos so they can get some of that power as well. Those people are toadys.

     Billionaires shouldn't exist.

     They hoard wealth, they are Smaug. They are dragons. They don't deserve your support.

     They are literally burning our planet.

   • Pete Orrall (peteorrall@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 21:57:04 JST Pete Orrall

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     @aral I didn't know this was a thing.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 21:57:04 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Pete Orrall

     @peteorrall Haha, nice :)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 22:04:02 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Todd

     @monkeyben ?

   • Ben Todd (monkeyben@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 22:04:03 JST Ben Todd

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     @aral

     And stop cartoonifying narcissistic ex UK prime ministers. He's not a cuddly little rascal, he's a sh*t stain on society.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 22:04:51 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Todd

     @monkeyben Ah, you mean in general. Yes, indeed.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 02:11:59 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Prof Prachi Srivastava

     @prachisrivas We aim to please :)

   • Prof Prachi Srivastava (prachisrivas@masto.ai)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jul-2023 02:12:00 JST Prof Prachi Srivastava

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     @aral This made me genuinely laugh.