Ep. 146: Billion Dollar Brains

What is the difference between you and a billionaire?

If you answered anything other than "DEEP THOUGHTS," then you might be suffering from the mindset of a taker rather than a maker. Billionaires are CREATIVE. And they KEEP GOOD COMPANY. And they DO THE DISHES IMMEDIATELY RATHER THAN LETTING THEM "SOAK OVERNIGHT." That is the only difference between you and Jeff Bezos.

Other than of course, the billions and billions of dollars that he has... This week we're looking at the bizarre ways that the billionaire mindset seeps into our politics and even the way we talk about politics--Did you know that billionaires are the *real* anticapitalists?? Your move antifa!

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Things we read this week:

Vox's Billion Dollar Climate Question: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/12/20910176/billionaire-philanthropy-charity-climate-change

The Billionaire Mindset: https://www.inc.com/spectacular-smith/5-unique-billionaire-mindset-traits-anyone-can-cultivate.html

Psychiatrist for billionaires: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/your-money/inside-the-minds-of-the-ultrawealthy.html

Billionaire asks billionaire to run for president: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/sanders-laughing-report-bezos-bloomberg-presidential-run.html

Robert Reich's liberal bullshit: https://www.newsweek.com/capitalism-billionaires-shouldnt-exist-robert-reich-1471002

Jacobin on Bill Gates: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/bill-gates-billionaires-wealth-tax-redistribution