Billionaires are evil

[maomao]

The man was born to two Irish parents in England. His dad was a firefighter and his mother a nurse. He was not from a privileged background. He won a scholarship to a school called Bancrofts when he was 11...so he must have been pretty bright as his parents wouldn't have had the money to pay for that kind of education..

.... maybe he should have just refused that scholarship when he was 11?

What does his background have to do with it?

 

[SpookyFrank]

The boat full of dead arseholes is still the top news story apparently. Even though there's no more actual news about it apart from, 'man who fell in the sea 36 hours ago and hasn't been seen since now presumed dead'. Next they'll be telling us bears shit in the woods.

 

[JimW]

Certainly put me off buying a super yacht

 

[SpookyFrank]

Certainly put me off buying a super yacht

Whereas the Workers' Stealth Torpedo program was clearly worth every penny.

 

[JimW]

Whereas the Workers' Stealth Torpedo program was clearly worth every penny.

Ex-CIA frogmen in the pay of HP

 

[klang]

What does his background have to do with it?

his mum is a nurse from Tipperary.

They've come a long way.

 

[imposs1904]

The driver, a 49-year old woman, stayed at the scene, which doesn't sound like the usual behaviour of shadowy assassins.

Second season of Slow Horses says otherwise.

 

[Aladdin]

What does his background have to do with it?

You tell.me?
I mean..the guy became rich.. but not from a privileged background
That surely is a different type of wealth to say the King Of England type of super privileged wealth or someone like Maxwell ?

people here seem to detest him because HP paid over the top for his company which in turn made him super rich.

 

[maomao]

You tell.me?
I mean..the guy became rich.. but not from a privileged background
That surely is a different type of wealth to say the King Of England type of super privileged wealth or someone like Maxwell ?

people here seem to detest him because HP paid over the top for his company which in turn made him super rich.

I don't know him.
No ides if he did anything worthwhile to help others or not. But I don't quite understand the demonising of a man who made money out of HP.

Have you read the title and premise of the thread?

 

[Aladdin]

Have you read the title and premise of the thread?

Yes and I'm not sure this guy is "evil"

 

[ffsear]

Have you read the title and premise of the thread?

my god

 

[SpookyFrank]

The driver, a 49-year old woman, stayed at the scene, which doesn't sound like the usual behaviour of shadowy assassins.

Not acting like a shadowy assassin is exactly the behaviour of a shadowy assassin.

And killing people with cars is basically allowed, so it's a very smart choice of murder weapon.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes and I'm not sure this guy is "evil"

He’s certainly a bad person if he has that much money

 

[maomao]

Yes and I'm not sure this guy is "evil"

You'll need a better argument than his mum was a nurse. Hitler's mum was a household servant. Salt of the earth.

 

[Aladdin]

He’s certainly a bad person if he has that much money

What figure tips someone into the "evil" column?

 

[Lord Camomile]

You're almost certainly not a good person if you accept enough money and assets to be termed a billionaire, and definitely not if you kept it.

No one individual human is worth billions of pounds. Not a single one of us. So if you've acquired and hoarded it, you are a net negative on society.

For the record, I almost never take joy in someone's death, as I don't in this case.

Those you are related to and associated with are not automatically guilty by association.

 

[Aladdin]

You're almost certainly not a good person if you accept enough money and assets to be termed a billionaire, and definitely not if you kept it.

No one individual human is worth billions of pounds. Not a single one of us. So if you've acquired and hoarded it, you are a net negative on society.

For the record, I almost never take joy in someone's death, as I don't in this case.

Those you are related to and associated with are not automatically guilty by association.

Ok.. but I think this man gave employment to people. Did he hoard it all? I don't know that he did. Maybe other posters know more about him and how he treated his workforce.

I also take no joy in a freak accidental death...unless the dead person is a convicted pedophile.

 

[JimW]

You're almost certainly not a good person if you accept enough money and assets to be termed a billionaire, and definitely not if you kept it.

No one individual human is worth billions of pounds. Not a single one of us. So if you've acquired and hoarded it, you are a net negative on society.

For the record, I almost never take joy in someone's death, as I don't in this case.

Those you are related to and associated with are not automatically guilty by association.

Yes, and spending it on a super yacht is a bit of a giveaway

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Tbf in this case a man got off a serious charge cos he had the money to buy his way out of it, his top lawyer and banker, both instrumental in this crime goin unpunished, are also missing presumed dead, as is his fellow accused. The lord works in mysterious ways....

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ok.. but I think this man gave employment to people.

"gave employment to people"? He had jobs that needed doing and so hired people to do them, and by the sounds of it reaped the rewards that they earned and he didn't for himself.

If you need the labour of others to do work for you, then the value created by that labour (not by you) should be recognised and distributed accordingly.

 

[danny la rouge]

I also take no joy in a freak accidental death...unless the dead person is a convicted pedophile.

Or a close-up magician.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Or a close-up magician.

Because you naturally assume it's all simply part of the exhibition of skill and showmanship designed to create a sense of joy and wonder in the audience...?

 

[danny la rouge]

Because you naturally assume it's all simply part of the exhibition of skill and showmanship designed to create a sense of joy and wonder in the audience...?

No. It’s because they’re all cunts.

 

[Orang Utan]

What figure tips someone into the "evil" column?

I dunno. It’s only a notional figure.

 

[Lord Camomile]

No. It’s because they’re all cunts.

Well, I can assure you that none of them are billionaires, at least.

 

[Aladdin]

I dunno. It’s only a notional figure.

Well..if we go by the thread title it's a Billion.

Mike Lynch was worth $500 million.

"According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2024, however, the couple were worth £500m"

Mike Lynch's net worth dropped before Bayesian superyacht sinking

Mike Lynch's wife Angela Baceras survived the sinking but the couple's 18 year old daughter Hannah is among those who remain missing, with one body recovered.

www.express.co.uk

So maybe only half evil then...

 

[danny la rouge]

So maybe only half evil then...

Aren’t we all?

 

[Aladdin]

Aren’t we all?

Can't see you as half evil either.

 

[Pickman's model]

Can't see you as half evil either.

Like the small faces for dlr it's all or nothing

 

[klang]

Like the small faces for dlr it's all or nothing

In his minds eye at least.