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Re:Khosla Rebuffed as Supreme Court Rejects Beach-Access Appeal by pound on Monday October 01, 2018 @12:54PM (#18114456)
because he doesn't want to let go of his high privilege. it's not a matter of whether he will have time to spend earning before dying or enjoy something, it's about how dare some peasants even consider that they can impose any restrictions on elite demigods.
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Re:Khosla Rebuffed as Supreme Court Rejects Beach-Access Appeal by fermienrico on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:02PM (#18114531)
I think my point was about perspective. When you’re so high up, you’d think they get some perspective of which fights to pick and which ones aren’t worth their time.
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Re:Khosla Rebuffed as Supreme Court Rejects Beach-Access Appeal by majormajor on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:40PM (#18114933)
If you have that much money you don't have to pick your battles. You can pay people to fight all your battles, even the relatively unimportant ones.

That's one big way money distorts politics. A rich person's 20th priority will get more attention than a hundred poor person's 1st priority.

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Re:Khosla Rebuffed as Supreme Court Rejects Beach-Access Appeal by rhizome on Monday October 01, 2018 @02:17PM (#18115308)
It's all just points, man. The situation you describe is almost completely depersonalized, if not dehumanized.
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Re:Khosla Rebuffed as Supreme Court Rejects Beach-Access Appeal by pound on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:08PM (#18114597)
well, that's exactly the thing - if you have to consider general public (choose what will work and what's not worth it) - you're not above it. This is a case of power and having it your way, not looking for reasonable outcomes
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