Gee...Thanks

@toronto_Georgia

What can I say it's my generation. I actually think the inability to process nuclear annihilation at a developmental stage in their lives played a role.

@wolfhnd Ya, I remember the hiding under your desk at school should the enemy drop the bomb. Fun times.

@toronto_Georgia Duck and cover

Like any of us had any say in this.

@toronto_Georgia that the problem. We outnumber them 1000-1 but we hide. Scared.

@Poncho69 I don't know about you, but generally the only ones to show up at a real estate closing are the lawyers. Publication of details is rare in the extreme.

@toronto_Georgia they only tell you what they want you to know

Exactly, he's an exploited not a creator.

He has no intent to share that land, neither does Bezos who also owns a lot of farm land. Not even sure they are going to plant anything but simply prevent others from doing so, at least not until he can manipulate the market for power and control.

@toronto_Georgia
The way things are supposed to work is that oligarchs atone for their sins by philanthropy, in a way that helps the middle class.

Time for some billionaire shaming.

So many billionaires and no batman. Lame.

@jaymaron Philanthropy has been hijacked and is seldom "kind". It has become an unsupervised unregulated form of self-indulgence while appearing to care and receiving accolades for devious acts. Ask a Dem.

@toronto_Georgia
I agree that most philanthropy is bull.

@jaymaron Noblesse Oblige died several generations ago.

For those unfamiliar with the term, here is it's meaning:

Noblesse oblige is a French expression from the times when the English Nobility spoke French and maintained in English meaning that nobility extends beyond mere entitlements and requires the person who holds such a status to fulfill social responsibilities. For example, a primary obligation of a nobleman could include generosity towards those around him. As those who lived on the nobles land had obligations to the Nobility, the Nobility had obligations to their people including protection at the least. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the term suggests "noble ancestry constrains to honourable behaviour; privilege entails responsibility."

@toronto_Georgia
A smart community would reward a rich person. Offer him a term as mayor if he makes a donation to the town.

@toronto_Georgia philanthropy has turned into social engineering, or at least a method to make the philanthropist even richer and more powerful

@Tom81 Ahhhh .... the art of deception. Social engineering at its finest. We live in such interesting times. Lord help us all to survive it.

@toronto_Georgia nah, let's not just survive it - let's tear down everything they create like they have done to us, and lets take them down with us when we fall

@toronto_Georgia
John Galt was a great fundraiser. He coaxed wealthy people to come to Galt's Gulch.
You want wealthy people around, spending money. Coax wealthy people to spend money on the rural economy rather than the city economy, and reward those that do.

Where is John Galt? We need a John Galt.

We also need Ragnar Danneskjold to steal from the cities and give to the rurals.

@jaymaron LOL, in a past life ... Dagny Tagert

@toronto_Georgia
Expand? Stories?

@jaymaron John Galt's GF. Ran her father's railroad empire.
LOL. Guess she didn't register in your mind. She's just the heroin of Atlas Shrugged. A book I fell in love with in my early 30's