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

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    Indeed, I believe we are seeing the simptoms.

    Won’t you say humanity is sick right now?

    To expand on my previous point: A cáncer cell (billionaire) is one that forgot its original purpose (being a productive member of society) and instead grows indiscriminately, eventually killing its host (Everyone else and the planet).

    Honestly I don’t see any difference at all between the two.

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      And another follow-up thought:

      If cancer cells are at their most dangerous when infecting an unhealthy host, does that imply that the ultra-wealthy are currently at their most dangerous, given how fragmented and non-united the human host is with respect to fighting them off?

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      Ooh, nice.

      Indeed, I’ve sometimes wondered just how much humanity, from a wide view, behaves like many a micro-organism that’s too successful for their own good, eventually exhausting the local resources, drowning in their own waste, and causing their own extinction. Not exactly a nice, cheery “Hallmark card” thought(!)