I never admired billionaires but believed they had a sense of ruthless cunning, but what the last 5 years have proven is that they have the same exact intellectual capability of the guys with 50 followers who are like “I am ceo of Bitcoin plz follow for stork tips” but 0.00001% are randomly selected - ThreadSky

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brendelbored.bsky.social • 106 days ago

I never admired billionaires but believed they had a sense of ruthless cunning, but what the last 5 years have proven is that they have the same exact intellectual capability of the guys with 50 followers who are like “I am ceo of Bitcoin plz follow for stork tips” but 0.00001% are randomly selected

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davidkaufer.bsky.social•106 days ago

But you got the ruthless part right.

ungoliant.bsky.social•106 days ago

I would be willing to bet that they all start with a level of cunning and it is the nature of all humans to, after reaching a certain level of success, believe that this was not fortunate timing but a result of your own genius, and that's when the break happens

glitchsister.com•106 days ago

ceo actually stands for person that should be blamed for everything that happens, the meaning got lost in the original french

edwardsung.bsky.social•106 days ago

Those text messages b/w Elon and his billionaire pals that got leaked a couple of years ago really drove that home.

cockremover.bsky.social•106 days ago

the real ruthless people are all in middle management

chuckgofer.bsky.social•106 days ago

Genuine meritocracy never existed

bizzo.bz•106 days ago

I hear Elon hit the juckport 1 trillion$

eeyikes.bsky.social•106 days ago

Did you see the Guardian piece about billionaires yday with the extended quotes from the guy talking about his weiner’s problems in space? https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/billionaires-elon-musk-hate-us-ultra-wealthy-climate-crisis

kategodart.bsky.social•106 days ago

the only thing they truly care about, their sad lil boners

grims.bsky.social•106 days ago

the whole point of using up 150% of yourself and everyone you ever come in contact with to become a billionaire is that immediately thereupon you can retire your entire brain and be a total idiot for the rest of your life.

no, as a goal it doesn't make sense to me either but here we are

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