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Kablooie

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30. The only thing of value for a human being is a number in a bank account.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:06 AM

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Trump and his cronies see the number in their bank account as the only measure of human value.
It’s not about having money to buy things.
Buying things is only a way to show off how big that number is.
It’s simply that number in the account. The bigger it is, the more value you have as a person.

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