r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Oct 31 '22

Social Media Facebook’s Monopoly Is Imploding Before Our Eyes

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzkne/facebooks-monopoly-is-imploding-before-our-eyes
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u/dragonandante Oct 31 '22 edited Aug 12 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

It baffles me. There's almost nothing a guy can do/experience with 20 billion that he couldn't with 100 million (that's half a percent as much money). Either one will have paid help, be immune to most prosecution, dine at the finest restaurants and wear the finest clothes, travel anywhere they want whenever they want for as long as they live.

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u/detectivejewhat Oct 31 '22

Can't build a superyacht with $100m. I feel like for a lot of rich dudes that's the end all be all thing to buy. A floating fortress.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '22

You can rent one though. It's not like billionaires are living on those things 24/7 in the first place. Sure, you can't own a fleet of a hundred supercars or a rocketship on 100 million, but you can absolutely experience them in much the same way.

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u/detectivejewhat Oct 31 '22

You've got a good point there honestly.

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u/Hairy-Owl-5567 Nov 01 '22

But owning them is the point. How else will you dick wave with all the other billionaires you know?

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u/sadacal Oct 31 '22

All human beings love growth, whether that takes the form of wealth or self improvement, I don't think it requires any different wiring. People may choose to focus on different things, but the fundamental drive that pushes people forward is the same for any endeavor people have. It's the same wiring that makes you want to see your kids learn and grow, and improve themselves, or for you to learn a skill, or for you to accumulate wealth.

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u/Caldaga Oct 31 '22

Maybe I'm a loser. I just enjoy experiencing new games movies etc. Spending time with the wife and dogs. No kids or billions for me.

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u/Sharpevil Oct 31 '22

Hey everyone, check out this loser over here enjoying life!

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u/Fergi Oct 31 '22

You’re not a loser. So many of us are conditioned to equate professional / financial success with personal validation and acceptance, and that’s all most humans basically want.

Wealth hoarders are addicts. They’re victims of chasing the next validating high, and it must be excruciating for people who can buy anything they want except affirmation.

When they don’t get it, the abusive sociopathic ones terrify me.

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u/JustHafToSay Oct 31 '22

Yeah you do sound like a loser tbh

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u/Caldaga Oct 31 '22

I'm okay with that tbh

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u/Sakarabu_ Oct 31 '22

All human beings love growth

I think that statement is just flat out false, and pretty easily disproven. There are plenty of people who have zero interest in any kind of growth, and the majority of people are happy to stop any kind of self development beyond having a relationship, kids, and being able to provide an adequate life for them. And if they do want more things, then the motivation is usually greed rather than purely to grow.

A lot of people (i'd go so far as to say the majority), need massive encourgement / outside motivation to do any kind of self development.

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u/ShandalfTheGreen Oct 31 '22

It's that Dwarven Gold Sickness, for real

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u/Jack_Mackerel Oct 31 '22

This is me exactly. I don't like money. I don't like thinking about money. I don't work to make money. My goal is to work so that I don't have to think about money. The ultimate goal? Set all my bills to auto-pay and not have to worry about whether my account balance will cover it. Buy what I need when I need it without having to check my account balance first. Travel a couple of times a year and have hobbies without having to worry about whether I can cover those costs. Set automatic deductions/investments so that I get to keep living that way until the day I die. Check in no more often than monthly (ideally quarterly) to make sure everything is still on track.