just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoTrump is 'hanging himself' with his own rope as campaign spirals out of control: analystwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down117
arrow-up1473arrow-down1external-linkTrump is 'hanging himself' with his own rope as campaign spirals out of control: analystwww.rawstory.comjust_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDon’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-22 months agoCounterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWas Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBy all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoExactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.
That’s the thing. Once you get rich, you’ll just see that guy as a nuisance and get rid of him. Source: all of human history.
Don’t worry, I’m never gonna be rich.
Counterpoint: Marcus Aurelius hired a servant to do this exact thing
Was Marcus Aurelius a good dude ?
By all the accounts I’ve read, he was a pretty exceptional person. “Exceptional” in the sense that there are very few people like him, especially in positions of power.
Exactly. Just because there was an exception once doesn’t mean the rule is invalid.