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      As in, they’re power tripping? Absolutely. When you get a false sense of importance, especially when you have sycophants reinforcing this image, narcissists in particular tend to act poorly toward their fellow human beings.

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    This is nonsense. Wealth translates directly into attraction as a mate. More wealth means more attraction. There’s no point at which increasing wealth stops increasing attractiveness. This is true even for the person with the most wealth because increases in wealth still increase relative wealthiness, which is still an increase in attractiveness.

    Whoever thinks wealth accumulation is a mental illness doesn’t understand humans.

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    Being a billionaire (aka wealth hoarder) is a mental illness.

    If they were hoarding anything else to this extent, going way beyond their rational needs, e.g. billions of tables, pokemon cards or toilet papers, everybody would know they are insane. But as it’s money, somehow they are supposed to be the smartest people in the world, and we should worship them.

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      Being a billionaire (aka wealth hoarder) is a mental illness.

      No it isn’t.

      e.g. billions of tables, pokemon cards or toilet papers

      These aren’t directly related to sex appeal whereas money is.

      Edit: I mean I assume. Perhaps there are some people out there who see pokemon cards as a good measure of offspring-raising potential, I dunno. In which case, accumulating pokemon cards wouldn’t be considered a sign of mental illness either.

      they are supposed to be the smartest people in the world, and we should worship them

      Who told you that?