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Stamets to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 11 hours ago

billionaire rule

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billionaire rule

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  • Owl
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    2•35 minutes ago

    unless by lawful you mean they manipulate the law however they please with their money and connections, then no.

  • kingthrillgore
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    4•1 hour ago

    Chaotic Neutral

  • @fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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    39•4 hours ago

    Lawful? Really?

    • @M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      16•3 hours ago

      Yeah, there is a convicted felon and an illegal immigrant right there.

  • Count Regal Inkwell
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    16•3 hours ago

    I’d put Trump and Musk into ‘chaotic’

    Definitely evil though.

  • @Wilco@lemm.ee
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    36•5 hours ago

    Hahahahaha Hahaha haha “Lawful”

  • Redex
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    30•5 hours ago

    Trump is more Chaotic Evil

    • @dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      12•4 hours ago

      Facts. D&D defines the chaotic/lawful divide as whether or not the character abides by a code, ethos, or set of rules. So not “Law” in the “Legal Eagle Law Team” kind of way. Chaotic Evil characters don’t really play by any rules, are unpredictable, and are just plain the worst.

      • @Almacca@aussie.zone
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        6•3 hours ago

        Sounds like Trump.

    • @burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4•4 hours ago

      It’s why he’s not a billionaire. Zing!

  • @laserm@lemmy.world
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    15•5 hours ago

    Nah, don’t forget that DJT is a convicted felon.

  • @Ileftreddit@lemmy.world
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    62•6 hours ago

    Fun fact none of them are lawful

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      In the d&d alignment chart they are because capitalists have no inherent power outside of the laws that enforce their property. Devils in D&D will always break the rules(and rebel) if they think they can get away with it.

      • @qarbone@lemmy.world
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        3•3 hours ago

        Huh? Devils are the corporate “trap you in fineprint and kill you with subclauses” type of evil. They are the ones who sell you the monkey’s paw and come to collect your soul no matter how it shakes out. Catching them in airtight clauses (or narrow loopholes) is famously how you screw over devils.

    • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      26•6 hours ago

      They paid congress a lot of money to say that they actually are lawfull

  • @dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    6•4 hours ago

    Thiel is so evil he doesn’t even fit this chart.

  • @ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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    17•7 hours ago

    Bill does some genuinely good stuff. I’m sure he does some bad stuff too though.

    • @baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de
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      31•7 hours ago

      there’s a book about that, “no such thing as a free gift: the gates foundation and the price of philanthropy”

    • @then_three_more@lemmy.world
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      14•7 hours ago

      Now he’s got his he is. In the 80-00 he was as nasty a fucker as all the rest are now.

      • @ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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        5•7 hours ago

        That doesn’t surprise me.

    • @heavy@sh.itjust.works
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      15•7 hours ago

      It’s actually pretty interesting some of the effects his philanthropic efforts have had.

      I think the bottom line is that billionaires shouldn’t exist, all said and done.

      • @ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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        13•7 hours ago

        billionaires shouldn’t exist, all said and done.

        Absolutely agreed.

        • @Slovene@feddit.nl
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          Absolute greed.

    • @BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      5•6 hours ago

      Dude was actually best friends with Jeffery Epstein. Like he wanted to hang out with him casually in New York.

  • Jo MiranM
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    186•11 hours ago

    Trump is a felon, so I am not sure “lawful” is the best fit.

    • aname
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      22•9 hours ago

      Musk is definitely not lawful either. Must is pure chaotic evil

    • @the_q@lemmy.zip
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      41•11 hours ago

      Trump isn’t a felon… He’s a multi-felon.

    • Diplomjodler
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      18•10 hours ago

      He’s definitely chaotic evil.

    • @P1k1e@lemmy.world
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      6•10 hours ago

      He’s neutral evil at best

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      2•10 hours ago

      Lots of devils in the Nine Hells fucked up

  • @vane@lemmy.world
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    5•7 hours ago

    Funny to live in times when Villains are in power. Probably in 2060s they will compare them with Hitler.

  • katy ✨
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    14•9 hours ago

    i feel like it should be more chaotic evil

    • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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      12•9 hours ago

      Ah but they’re the ones that make the laws.

      • DacoTaco
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        Thats… Thats not how that alignment chart works at all :p. Lawful means they just follow the teachings of something, not that they themselves dictate it.
        Chaotic is all for your own personal gain

      • @Don_alForno@feddit.org
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        1•7 hours ago

        So, Demon Lords are lawful then?

        • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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          2•6 hours ago

          I mean in their realms I guess so.

          • @Don_alForno@feddit.org
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            2•6 hours ago

            That’s not how this works. Making the laws doesn’t make you lawful. Following them even when it’s inconvenient does.

            • @njm1314@lemmy.world
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              1•2 hours ago

              I’m going to tell you right now I do not stand for this kind of racism against demon kind.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    33•11 hours ago

    This only counts because they use their money to make their lives “lawful” through legislation and capture of the courts, minimizing their very real crimes against humanity.

    Okay perhaps Buffett, Gates, and Cook haven’t gone as far as actual crimes against humanity but the rest have, and Buffett, Gates, and Cook are still unlawful but used their money to twist the laws in their favor.

    • @sturlabragason@lemmy.world
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      17•10 hours ago

      By definition you can not get this rich without stealing the value of peoples labour - at scale.

      Aka evil as shit.

    • @NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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      5•9 hours ago

      In D&D lawful alignments apply more towards a doctrine the character follows, not necessarily the actual law.

    • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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      4•10 hours ago

      You don’t understand Lawful Evil.

      In the Nine Hells, bending and breaking rules to your whim is the norm. It’s whether you get caught, and piss off someone powerful, that matters.

      • @festnt@sh.itjust.works
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        6•10 hours ago

        breaking rules means they’re not lawful. that’s why demons are generaly described as chaotic

        if you do something unlawful, it means you’re not lawful, it doesn’t matter if you’re caught or not

        • @A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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          3•8 hours ago

          deleted by creator

  • smorty/maria [she/her]
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    5•9 hours ago

    evil (but appearing largely lawful)

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