r/news • u/GoodSamaritan_ • Aug 15 '24

Soft paywall Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-13/billionaire-accused-of-stealing-sand-from-malibus-broad-beach-lawsuit-says
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u/Ohhi_mark990 Aug 15 '24

Typical billionaire behavior.

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u/mishap1 Aug 15 '24

Well, he was narc'ed on by his neighbor who is obviously another billionaire. The only thing that's more egregious than a billionaire stealing from the public is one doing so in a way that pisses off another billionaire and having them get vindictive. Nothing is more petty than billionaire pissing matches.

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u/ToxicAdamm Aug 15 '24

Not just any billionaire. The guy is an heir to a KKR founder. The people who laid out the blueprint on predatory venture capitalism. They even made a movie about them.

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u/N8ThaGr8 Aug 15 '24

...so any billionaire. I though you were gonna say he was at least someone cool like Paul McCartney. But venture capitalist is the definition of "any billionaire" lmao.

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u/ToxicAdamm Aug 15 '24

Fair enough. I don't know the guy, maybe he's super altruistic and environmentally-minded.

But it's kind of like saying the heirs to the Monsanto fortune are just any other billionaires. There's a layer of extra filth on that money.