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Imagine you are a billionaire. You have more money than anyone could ever spend. You could spend time on the things you enjoy, with the people you admire or who are dear to you, or even - sometimes - use some of that money to make the world a better place for everyone. Learn about different cultures, learn a new language. Be physically active.
And instead you find yourself sitting with the worst people in the world, crawling up the ass of some orange convict, rapist, and con artist.
If they weren't tearing the world around them down along with themselves, I could almost feel some pity for those suckers.
Having that much money is only possible through a mental disorder. They either have an overwhelming fear of "not having enough" or are sociopaths that don't realize/care that their amoral greed is inherently destructive. They should be hospitalized, not running companies or countries.
There are some very wealthy people that live like you imagine but they reach a wealth plateau. At some point, putting in years of conniving to multiply your massive fortune isn't worth the effort. Even a few hundred million dollars can let multiple generations live a lifestyle better than 99.9% of any human in history.
I make .00009 of a billion a year (ish) and im plenty happy and im pretty much satisfied as can be. And im one of the lucky ones. I cant imagine this level of greed.
There are no ethical billionaires. Because if any of us had that much, we would be giving it away as much as we can and still not even notice a dent.
If you are billionaire of first generation, you prolly barely clawed your way in and are so money-focused that banknotes instead of eyes wouldn't really be that much of a stretch.
If you're billionaire's kid, you are pressured from young age to do the same your family did, no matter what, until you don't know anything else because doing anything else than money is drilled into you as a failure.