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Imagine being that rich and spending the limited time you have on Earth actively trying to make more money. It's absolutely mental illness!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Probably not. Since the point of money is to be able to buy more and better things, there will always be a desire to have more money, even if nobody else cares how much you have.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

There's no real difference between $213 billion and $270 billion when it comes to buying power. Both are effectively unlimited. Both could buy small countries if they wanted to. But there sure is a difference when it comes to ego, because when we talk about it, we're always treating it like a great thing to be the richest person in the world, instead of sociopathy.