Let’s say that you have an opportunity to gain billions to fix the society from the top. Do you think that you would keep your integrity and use your money for the greater good, or that you would be corrupted by your power?

If so, would you still accept the offer knowing that you would just make the situation worse?

And if you believe in yourself, how would you try to convince an hypotetical entity to give you this wealth?

To avoid regrets let’s say that if you decline the offer your memory about the deal gets erased.

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    Literal infinite may be problematic. Let’s say that I became rich enough by lottery for example. I for sure would live comfortably. But I trust myself to foster positive changes, but have in mind that collective problems can only be solved by collective solutions. Having money gives you power to mobilize people to work, but for the society structure to change, you need more than just that, you will need political change with population support, and that’s demand time and a lot of work.

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    Do you think that you would keep your integrity and use your money for the greater good, or that you would be corrupted by your power?

    I suppose it’s a matter of perspective. Very few people in the world ever see themselves as actually evil. Every villain is the hero in their own story.

    But if we recognize basic truths about people’s preferences, I think a greater good can be achieved. Everyone wants a place to call home and good food on the table. Everyone wants good health and to have a sense of purpose or meaning to their lives.

    This is universal, regardless of race, sex, gender, nationality, language (I can’t include religion as some religions demand the oppression & extermination of others).

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    • Build lots of free housing everywhere
      • Lowers rent significantly
    • Create a new healthcare provider that everyone is automatically included in with fees of $0
      • Healthcare providers will have to lower their fees to even try to compete
    • Lobby government for fairness doctrine to he reinstated
      • Right-wing media gets neutered
    • Create plentiful public food gardens
      • Retailers have to lower their prices
    • Create a 500km tall gold statue of myself
      • Satellites now have to clear larger orbits.
      • Shining dong to inspire the masses
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      For the monument to your hubris, maybe make it a space elevator too? Also satellites can totally get around your enormous shining dong, it won’t successfully clear LEO like you hope.

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        Also satellites can totally get around your enormous shining dong, it won’t successfully clear LEO like you hope.

        *narrows eyes*
        what have you heard?

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    i think super rich people do fucked up shit because:

    1. that’s the only way you become mega-rich, and
    2. they want more

    if i already have ‘infinite’ money, why would i want more, and since i’m getting this via magic or something, there’s no incentive to be evil in order to become or remain mega-rich. in short, yeah, i reckon i’d be alright, and we’d all be better off in the long run.

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      1. that’s the only way you become mega-rich

      People have become billionaires by literal lottery. They’re not evil geniuses; don’t flatter them by suggesting so.

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          True. Then again, you don’t hear a lot about the Carnegies anymore either. Social mobility just works in both directions, and about as often.

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            Social mobility just works in both directions, and about as often.

            Yeah, no, that’s a massive streaming pile of self soothing bullshit that isn’t convincing anyone but you.