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With the focus of wealth inequality, I thought I'd just share this morbid reminder from the middle ages that there is no inequality in death. It will find everyone. No amount of money will let anyone escape it. Just something to consider when you are thinking about what to pursue in life. To that extent, I do feel somewhat sorry when I hear that a billionaire has died, because I know that they likely spent most of their life pursuing things that are ultimately worthless, and it makes me re-evaluate just what I am doing with mine.
From what I heard, this billionaire seemed like a decent person. But who knows. There are conflicting sources.
There are no good billionaires.
Yep there are a couple thousand people with an outsized impact on society and at anytime they could organize and do a lot of good. But they all sit by quietly and actively destroy the society that gave them so much.
That they took so much from* FTFY
They are exactly like gardeners that only harvest the crop and do not replant any seed. So... thieves.