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Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by pbreit on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:19PM (#46347451)
How are people irate about this?
Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by Y-bar on Sunday December 21, 2025 @03:46PM (#46348261)
The man who fancies himself a modern-day Sauron (yes! [1]), who says “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." and who wants to assemble a neo-theocracy by a wealthy elite does something.

Some people: “we do not like this”

Random internet guy: “stop disliking this guy!”

[1] https://bsky.app/profile/takedemocracyback.org/post/3lk4u55a...

Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by verdverm on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:24PM (#46347492)
People see the rich getting richer while they struggle. This is your daily reminder we live in a segregated society
Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by pbreit on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:26PM (#46347508)
Why does this bother people? Who cares? There's always going to be stratification. Has literally no impact on anyone. Is it just jealousy?
Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by verdverm on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:35PM (#46347595)
This is the CEO of Palentir, one of the more dubious or evil companies out there

The stratification has become much worse the last few decades and the trend is not showing signs of slowing. This cannot be taken out of context of the larger going ons in the US and the world. People see the kleptocracy because they are so brazen they do it right out in the open

Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by therobots927 on Sunday December 21, 2025 @03:14PM (#46347988)
Because their riches come directly at the expense of 95-99% of people. Stop pretending like you don’t understand this.
Re:Mountain home near Aspen, built for monks, sold to Palant... by arretevad on Monday December 22, 2025 @12:49PM (#46356538)
> literally no impact on anyone

How does this make any sense in any context? An individuals actions can never have zero impact on others. The mass concentration of wealth in the hands of a few has an enormous impact on the rest of the population.