Modern billionaires are the most selfish humans in history.
Past billionaires:
- Built libraries
- Cured diseases
- Advanced civilization.
Today's? Space tourism and yacht measuring contests.
Here's the ugly truth of modern billionaires: 🧵
Back in the day, billionaires had a mission.
Andrew Carnegie: Built 2,500+ libraries across America.
John D. Rockefeller: Eradicated hookworm, founded universities.
Henry Ford: Revolutionized manufacturing, raised wages.
They used wealth to advance civilization.
Today's billionaires?
Jeff Bezos spent $5.5 billion on a 10-minute space joyride.
That money could have stopped 37.5 million people from starving for a year.
Instead? "Thanks Amazon customers, you paid for this!"
Absolutely tone-deaf.
The worst part? Some billionaires are investing in things that are COUNTER-productive to society.
Mosquitos? Apples? Really?
"Solutions" to problems that don't exist.
It's virtue signaling disguised as innovation.
I'm a full-fledged capitalist.
I don't believe in forced wealth redistribution.
Free markets work.
But accumulating billions takes everything you have. It's an immense achievement.
And with that success comes human responsibility:
When you reach that level, something inside should drive you to make the world better when you die than when you were born.
That doesn't mean pledge your entire wealth to charity (most charities are garbage).
Invest in things that actually create positive impact.
What happened to building institutions that last centuries?
Carnegie's libraries are still serving communities 135 years later.
Today's billionaires build rockets to escape Earth instead of fixing it.
Space tourism for the 1%. How inspiring.
Even worse?
Their "contests":
Who has the bigger yacht?
Who can waste more money on vanity projects?
Who gets more media attention for their "philanthropic" stunts?
It's embarrassing to watch.
Meanwhile, real problems get ignored.
Infrastructure crumbles.
Education systems fail.
Healthcare costs destroy families.
But hey, at least we can send actors to the edge of space for $200,000 a ticket.
The billionaire class lost its way.
They forgot that extreme wealth comes with extreme responsibility.
Building civilization used to be the point.
Now it's just about building bigger toys.
Just wanted to share my thoughts on this topic.
Of course, this is not a personal attack on any particular billionaire.
But in my opinion, the ultra-wealthy need to adopt the mindset of the old-school billionaires.
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