From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 10:15:35 -0800, dart200   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/2/26 9:51 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 2/1/2026 4:33 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> On 2/1/26 9:35 AM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/31/2026 3:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:44:44 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 1/31/2026 10:30 AM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>>>>>> because billionaires don't have morals, and are slave to chasing what   
   >>>>>>> they perceive as profit regardless of the effect of others   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> there's a reason rich people can't make it into heaven   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> cause we can't even build heaven when rich people exist   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Because it's obvious that you are biased by even using the term   
   >>>>>> "rich".   
   >>>>>> There's a good reason people don't want to be equally poor.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And good reason why that is not necessary.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> I'm not sure you've thought this through.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Wealthy people donate the most to charity and pay most of the US   
   >>>> income tax. Poor people pay no income tax and get charity.   
   >>>   
   >>> yes the exploit common labor (which is necessarily devalued), collect   
   >>> the lion's share when the pass go, and hence they pay the most tax and   
   >>> have the most leftover for charity.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So, what's wrong with this picture?   
   >>>   
   >>> what would honestly be better, rich people extracting the wealth and   
   >>> doling a portion of it back patting themselves on the back like   
   >>> they're the good guys (that's also a tax break), or labor getting paid   
   >>> more so it didn't need charity in the first place...   
   >>>   
   >>> common dude, i know ur a boomer, but still   
   >>>   
   >>> a little systemic insight here would go a long way   
   >>>   
   >> So, I'll tell you what you can do - get back on the gold standard.   
   >   
   >i mean bitcoin is an actually limited supply system...   
   >   
   >why not just that?   
   >   
   >>   
   >> The doom is with paper dollars. You know the planet is going to hell in   
   >> a hand basket.   
   >   
   >meh massive wealth inequity existed before fiat currency   
      
   Bingo.  Which is why the pope was able to pay mike 2000 gold ducats   
   for the sistine chapel ceiling.  Which Mike was delighted to get I'm   
   sure, but was peanuts for the pope.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> Quit printing funny money and stop making things up, like a con in a   
   >> casino in Las Vegas. You know that's a loser. Keep everything   
   >> transparent, Nick!   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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