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    2 months ago

    It’s telling that someone who gets a windfall immediately purchases a status symbol. Almost as if the point of being rich is lost if everyone doesn’t know it.

    Wealth is wasted on the rich.

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        If I were rich I’d open up a bunch of repair cafes that lost money but helped people fix their stuff and keep it out landfills and taught people valuable soldering/electronics/programming/DIY skills while bringing the community together with volunteers and cheap coffee! Ah, that’s the dream…

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          2 months ago

          Socialists like yourself are filtered out before your empathy can damage the stock market

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            It’s a cool idea! I wonder if it’d be possible to cash those karma points in for something tangible without the whole idea going to shit? Like a local shop agreeing to give a small discount to someone who earned a lot of karma on the site? Obviously not trying to reinvent capitalism or anything, but a karma barter system of some kind would be interesting if done right.

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      The McLaren F1 was a real drivers car, not a status symbol. At least when it was released, sadly it has become an overpriced collectors item today.

      But I highly doubt Elon bought it because he was a car enthusiast and planned to drive it hard

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        He got it because it was the fastsest car in the world at the time and he wanted the “best” regardless of anything else.

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      If I would get insanely rich, I would for sure buy something nice. After that I would start saving.