Plentiful_Despair
Student
- Aug 23, 2024
- 123
Blurry_Buildings
Just Existing
- Sep 27, 2023
- 409
Power/ influence.
Money itself is a form of power and can be used to buy more power, status, and influence for oneself, but there is also a limit. Elon Musk, despite his massive amounts of wealth, will never be able to bring himself to the same good reputation as bill gates or warren buffet, simply because no matter what there will be too many people who will remember the actions he has already taken that they consider to be idiotic, dangerous, or even evil.
Likewise, when they step into a small town diner, no billionaire will ever be able to buy the same kind of near universal fame and love in the hearts of the people that a disabled war veteran, a firefighter, or an olympic athlete could command. Billionaires usually can manipulate the law freely when dealing with corporate regulations, foreign policy, most domestic policy and workers rights, but they can't touch rights that the people have decided (actually decided) they deserve. (I was going to say traditions but then I remembered modern santa claus is a coca-cola advertisement lol)
I think love is similar. Money can make opportunities for people to love someone platonically or romantically, but are the people in love with the billionaire or are they subconsciously in love with the money?
Money itself is a form of power and can be used to buy more power, status, and influence for oneself, but there is also a limit. Elon Musk, despite his massive amounts of wealth, will never be able to bring himself to the same good reputation as bill gates or warren buffet, simply because no matter what there will be too many people who will remember the actions he has already taken that they consider to be idiotic, dangerous, or even evil.
Likewise, when they step into a small town diner, no billionaire will ever be able to buy the same kind of near universal fame and love in the hearts of the people that a disabled war veteran, a firefighter, or an olympic athlete could command. Billionaires usually can manipulate the law freely when dealing with corporate regulations, foreign policy, most domestic policy and workers rights, but they can't touch rights that the people have decided (actually decided) they deserve. (I was going to say traditions but then I remembered modern santa claus is a coca-cola advertisement lol)
I think love is similar. Money can make opportunities for people to love someone platonically or romantically, but are the people in love with the billionaire or are they subconsciously in love with the money?
nembutal
everything will be okay in the end
- Jul 14, 2022
- 301
nothing. the living can buy illusions of everything that you've listed, freedom, love, health, for wads of cash.
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