Just a shower realisation… I never associated the two words before but it’s so obviously true.

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    Sure, like on the business side and stuff.

    But wanting more money isn’t really a religious or political position and you don’t really need hold an extremist position to be able to become one, as the main stream political system already allows that.

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      Withholding that amount of resources from others when you have no need for them yourself is a political position.

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        certainly extreme to delude yourself it’s rightfully yours

        while least effectively of anyone alive making good use of that money

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          Really? You don’t see how wealth distribution relates to politics?

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            Of course I do, but that is not at all the question here.

            The question is whether or not individual billionaires are political extremists. And I don’t see why they would need to be. I’m sure a lot are, but that’s just a correlation.

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              Well, no, the comment I replied to was you saying how you don’t see how a billionaire withholding resources they don’t need from society is a political position. Which I found surprising, since distribution of resources is one of the primary concerns of politics.

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                Well, no, the comment I replied to

                Ok … but there is more context on the comments preceding that one.

                billionaire withholding resources they don’t need from society is a political position

                Well, they don’t think they are withholding resources, probably think they are helping with investments, trickledown and bullshit. So it’s literally not a political position they hold. It doesn’t even make sense as one as all it does would paint yourself as the problem.

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                  Ok … but there is more context on the comments preceding that one.

                  I’m not responsible for the comments of others. I replied to something you stated directly where the previous context really doesn’t make a difference. Particularly considering you are doubling down on that comment with

                  Well, they don’t think they are withholding resources, probably think they are helping with investments, trickledown and bullshit. So it’s literally not a political position they hold. It doesn’t even make sense as one as all it does would paint yourself as the problem.

                  Except if they believe more wealth should be distributed to them because they believe in trickle down economics… Uh, that’s political.

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                    I’m not responsible for the comments of others.

                    Well, if you are unwilling or unable to have conversations that are more than one comment deep, I guess … bye.

                    believe in trickle down economics… Uh, that’s political.

                    Yes. But not extremist. It’s been the main talking point of republicans for years …

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      No, nothing to do with business

      You have to be willing to make decisions to very deliberately fuck people over. To rapaciously take more than you could possibly justify with anything other than “I want to have more, when I already have plenty”

      That’s not a healthy mind. It’s someone driven, and totally comfortable with doing harm to get what they want

      Sounds pretty fucked to me.

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        Yes, a lot of them are terrible are probably psychopaths or narcissists.

        But you can be all of that and not be an extremists.

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            extremist

            a person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action.

            It doesn’t matter if they are “extreme” or “rad” in some random aspect of their live. But they are not necessarily extremist.

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              If you believe 10% of people should hold 90% of wealth, you have an extremist political position. Therefore all billionaires are political extremists.

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                That sure would be nice if it was true, but it isn’t. The political views that enables this kind of wealth inequality is the main stream status-quo, so literally the opposite of political extremism.

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                  I dont agree, most people when asked would say that it is unfair and undesirable for such wealth inequality to exist.

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                    I’d guess, yes. But most people will still vote for the political parties that will enable more wealth inequality. It might be extremely stupid, but politically the policies are everything but extreme. They are the broad consensus that people still vote for.