• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think he has ever actually tried to buy happiness. What he has tried to do is use his money to generate anger, misery and nonsense. He has succeeded in achieving that, both for others and himself.

    If he actually tried to buy happiness he absolutely could. With billions of dollars I could absolutely buy myself and millions of others some happiness just by putting it into projects that meaningful improve lives in an area.

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      1 month ago

      Dude could say “I’ll give a hundred million dollars to each member of Congress that votes in favor of universal healthcare so long as it passes” and voila, instantaneous people’s hero

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      He could use his wealth to solve the housing crisis overnight if he wanted to. Imagine housing for all, a right for everyone, you’d go down as a champion of the people. But nope, instead he spews poison at trans people and stirs shit with chuds.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah exactly. There’s a lot of ways to use this money to buy happiness, he chooses to buy unhappiness and succeeds at it.

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      I don’t think he has ever actually tried to buy happiness.

      Yeah, he wants to buy happiness but he doesn’t really want to pay full price.

      Because it’s not the case that money can’t be spent in a process that yields happiness, it’s that money alone isn’t sufficient. Happiness is the return on investments in kindness and other genuine acts of love, but he only has money and spite, which don’t foot the bill.