This is the blog part: Why are there billionaires

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I think this is how billionaires have always happened: They are in between the gears, like grease, making things a little smoother, but mostly extracting wealth from the changes the rest of society would have done anyway. #

They always believe they are great men, who deserve to be where they are because of who they are. But they are not. #

Someone as great as they believe themselves, as great as their reality has assured them they actually are, surrounded by nobody who could do anything but validate every fleeting whimsy as sheer genius wisdom, fulfill every request without considering costs, listen, and excel in one key ability: knowing exactly what to say to the billionaire, to stay close to the billionaires, someone as great as all that would have found a way to contribute to society without needing to grow ever richer, forever, always gaining power, always needing more, dreaming of breaking down society itself, to reshape it for their own use, to piss on contracts and promises, and laws and regulations and fines and criticism. #

But they never do, they are always greedy, and whiny, and need more, always more, and cannot stand anybody who says no, or even hesitates. It is literally how they are built as human beings, and that type of human being naturally ends up where they are, controlling the resources they do, because we let them, because it is literally how we are built as human beings. The rich will always be among us.#

(What actually would happen if we nationalized all the billionaires?)#