Just a shower realisation… I never associated the two words before but it’s so obviously true.

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      Because they thought it was a rational goal when they turned millionaire (might have been born millionaire), and Elmo wants to be the first trillionaire

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        Ah ok, so you’re just using the word “extremists” to mean someone that does something extreme. That makes more sense.

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          You also have to take rather extreme measures in order to become a billionaire.

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            Sure, like on the business side and stuff.

            But wanting more money isn’t really a religious or political position and you don’t really need hold an extremist position to be able to become one, as the main stream political system already allows that.

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              Withholding that amount of resources from others when you have no need for them yourself is a political position.

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                certainly extreme to delude yourself it’s rightfully yours

                while least effectively of anyone alive making good use of that money

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                  Really? You don’t see how wealth distribution relates to politics?

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                    Of course I do, but that is not at all the question here.

                    The question is whether or not individual billionaires are political extremists. And I don’t see why they would need to be. I’m sure a lot are, but that’s just a correlation.