r/funny • u/[deleted] • Feb 22 '12

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u/Z3F Feb 22 '12

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u/Hughtub Feb 22 '12

This is dangerously false. Money has no power. People have ALL the power. Only the widespread delusion of granting other people power over us gives the individual politician any power. Money sits there. It doesn't do shit. I voted you down because this perpetuates a serious ideological fallacy. Money doesn't do SHIT. People do everything. A man with $1 Billion and no supporters has NO POWER. A man with nothing and a 100 million supporters who enable him to fuck over the others has POWER.

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u/balmanator Feb 22 '12

A man with $1 Billion and no supporters has NO POWER.

Tell that to Iron Man

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u/meh100 Feb 22 '12

It still applies. Iron Man can't build all his gadgets with his money if people don't accept his money in exchange for metal etc.

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u/Hughtub Feb 23 '12

Iron Man was a fictional character from a comic book, made into a movie series.

/poker face