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C Moon

(12,188 posts)
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 02:13 AM Sep 2020

I don't get why these old men are so focused on the rich running the world (Trump, McConnell, etc)

Most of them will live no more than 5-10 years.
WTF? You can't take it with you!
I seriously doubt, as callous as they are, that they really give a frock about their children and grand children that much.

It's almost like it's just a way to entertain their demented brains: a chess game.

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I don't get why these old men are so focused on the rich running the world (Trump, McConnell, etc) (Original Post) C Moon Sep 2020 OP
I've always called it a giant game of Monopoly. kysrsoze Sep 2020 #1
It's the only thing that nourishes thier empty souls. nt yankeepants Sep 2020 #2
Once you have more money than you can ever spend on yourself, what's left? DFW Sep 2020 #3
it is the power Skittles Sep 2020 #4
Add Koch brothers to the list. Yeah, I know one is already dead raccoon Sep 2020 #5
It's a form of hoarding. A mental illness. And as a culture we enable it. That should stop. Squinch Sep 2020 #6
Haven't you heard? If you have enough money, you'll NEVER DIE!!! hatrack Sep 2020 #7
I liken it to onethatcares Sep 2020 #8

kysrsoze

(6,010 posts)
1. I've always called it a giant game of Monopoly.
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 02:15 AM
Sep 2020

They just want to take as much as they can from everyone else while they are around.

DFW

(54,051 posts)
3. Once you have more money than you can ever spend on yourself, what's left?
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 03:27 AM
Sep 2020

Power, and the hope of an afterlife.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
4. it is the power
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 04:44 AM
Sep 2020

they are addicted to it and the more the status of rich white asshole men dwindle, the more they will push

raccoon

(31,089 posts)
5. Add Koch brothers to the list. Yeah, I know one is already dead
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 05:52 AM
Sep 2020

Yeah, I know one is already dead.

Maybe he is counting all his money in the afterlife. LOL.

hatrack

(59,439 posts)
7. Haven't you heard? If you have enough money, you'll NEVER DIE!!!
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:13 AM
Sep 2020

And the fact that rich people still die only means that they didn't have ENOUGH MONEY.

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
8. I liken it to
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:27 AM
Sep 2020

fishing rods.

If you had a billion fishing rods, people would think you're nucking futz.

If you have a billion dollars you get accolades for being smart. (right?)

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