[ExI] rich people are our friends. was: RE: A Nobel laureate and climate change

[Ryan Rawson]

That's kind of a simplistic view. The notion of go it alone rugged
billionaires is not really so - business creation is funded by many parties,
sometimes government as well. Eg venture capital, bond market etc.

I'd really hesitate to say the Koch brothers are my friend...
On Sep 17, 2011 9:33 AM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Stefano Vaj
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>>.Contrary to common wisdom, I suspect that people do not really care about
> money. .What they invariably crave is power, status, and growth in those
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> they perform to this end rather than for the pleasure of it. .-- Stefano
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> Ja. Another way to look at it is this: many of us work for corporations,
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> When a billionaire invests in something that crashes, oh well, sigh, one
> less billionaire, she lost her money. But when the government invests in a
> bust, they lost my money, and they lost your money.
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> Rich people are our friends. Even if we are not one of them. Especially if
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