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Aella
@Aella_Girl
"Billionaires are democratic. Politicians get elected by saying things millions of people wanna hear, billionaires get elected by building things millions want to use. Sure, the game billionaires play is quite unfair, but that's true of politicians in any existing democracy too"
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Rob Bensinger 🔍
@robbensinger
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@Aella_Girl
Where's the option for 'I like this question as a prompt for discussion and original seeing, but it's not the kind of question with an *answer*.' Or rather: either the answer won't matter, or it will require a lot of legwork to unpack what's valuable about being 'democratic'.
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🌻🌻Sam Hodgson🌻🌻
@SamBHodgson
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This would work if every billionaire was a self-made inventor or pioneer. Many are just sitting on oil, snatched a formerly state owned utility, or married a billionaire.
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Finrod Felagund 🗽
@s_edain
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@Aella_Girl
(Not) casting a vote is a much freer decision and thereby more democratic - in order to NOT add to the fortune of a billionaire you basically have to retreat to the woods and live as a hermit. Casting a vote furthermore requires no wealth - unlike having economic influence.
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