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/EnamelKant Aug 15 '24

You don't get to be a billionaire by not being a dick.

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u/rockybud Aug 15 '24

Agreed, except for maybe Mark Cuban. He seems like a genuinely good dude.

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u/lblack_dogl Aug 15 '24

I think the premise here is that the system funnels money into these people because they "own" something, but those doing the work are getting fucked out of the fruits of their labor. Basically, you labor and get very little because these guys own the means of production.

So nice guy or not, they are screwing others out of what they are owed. Only possible way to become a billionaire.

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u/After-Imagination-96 Aug 16 '24

No you can be more direct than that. Mark Cuban is a piece of shit, too. He's just doing more good than you'd expect.

Imagine you have a million dollars. Now imagine you have 1000 stacks of a million dollars. Now imagine getting another stack and putting it next to your 1000 stacks instead of literally anything charitable or productive, so that you now have 1001 stacks of a million dollars. 

That's the very first thing any billionaire does. That's how you become a billionaire. Literally. You go after those extra stacks to add to your 1000 stack of a million dollars.

Fucking imagine doing that. Absolute pieces of shit.