Billionaire Capitalists Like Musk and Thiel Want to Kill Democracy

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I don't get that. I would rather be a Billionaire in a "moderated" democracy, than in a system where you can just disappear or fall out of a window, if a single more powerful person wishes so.

I would also rather be a billionaire in a system where workers rights are respected, everyone has enough money and work is fairly paid. These people aren't like us however - they want more and more and more and more, and as long as they see a chance to come out on top, they'll take it. Musk would rather be a little bit richer in a dictatorship than have only his current wealth in a democracy. If you're not like this, there's no chance to become a billionaire.

They think they're going to be the top person.

At least they have a reason to believe that. The idiots on welfare who think they'll be allowed into the club as soon as the government stops holding them down are the ones I don't get.

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