• nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

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      4 hours ago

      I like the that term. Just like obese personality for people who need large cars or are excessively loud.

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        14 minutes ago

        People who deserve the death penalty like to demonize the concept of fatness as if it’s inherently negative.

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        3 hours ago

        I love it. They have more than they’ll ever need but can’t help but continue to gorge themselves. Half of them probably miss out on sleep or family or other healthy activities in their pursuit of more wealth. Financial obesity is a fantastic term that paints a very accurate picture.

        • zeca@lemmy.ml
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          1 hour ago

          Gluttony would be a better word.

          Obesity is something else. People rarely actually want to be obese, but who is actually bothered by having too much money? I guess that makes the wording sound weird to me.