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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by ttyprintk on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @10:32AM (#39839685)
Those sentences are unrelated. Humanity has never needed billionaires and only in abstract theory does their existence benefit the rest.
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Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b... by MikePlacid on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:08PM (#39841072)
> Humanity has never needed billionaires and only in abstract theory does their existence benefit the rest.

I’ve witnessed how decisions are made in a country with no billionaires - they were made by Politburo guys. I’ve also witnessed how decisions are made by Elon Mask. I’d have Mask over Politburo every time.

Billionaires are just centers of power who are not subject to the Party ideology and control. Why would anyone refuse having the power more distributed?

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