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minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down7·8 months agoIf you buy into the myth of the “self-made” billionaire you might just as well buy into the idea of magic glass slippers granting you royalty.
minus-squarehdgdlfiuebdtus@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoWhere can i get these slippers?
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI still happen to have one left… it’s yours for $10, 000 - you only need one after all.
minus-square1847953620@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoI have a three-pack special: 15k for all 3.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoWhat about Putin?
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoWhat about Putin?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIs he not a “self-made” billionaire?
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoOf course he is! Also… I’m selling these magic glass slippers that will automatically turn you into royalty. You’d better hurry - I only have one left.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoWhere did his parents wealth come from?
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoPutin’s sugar-daddy was a guy named Boris Yeltsin… you should look him up - it’s a fun read.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoThat was putting him in his inner circle and why he became leader but I think stealing so much was his own doing
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago but I think stealing so much was his own doing You can think about it in that way if you want. People like Putin are not the kind of character that gets used to peddle “rags-to-riches” billionaire fallacies in the west.
If you buy into the myth of the “self-made” billionaire you might just as well buy into the idea of magic glass slippers granting you royalty.
Where can i get these slippers?
I still happen to have one left… it’s yours for $10, 000 - you only need one after all.
I have a three-pack special: 15k for all 3.
What about Putin?
What about Putin?
Is he not a “self-made” billionaire?
Of course he is!
Also… I’m selling these magic glass slippers that will automatically turn you into royalty. You’d better hurry - I only have one left.
Where did his parents wealth come from?
Putin’s sugar-daddy was a guy named Boris Yeltsin… you should look him up - it’s a fun read.
That was putting him in his inner circle and why he became leader but I think stealing so much was his own doing
You can think about it in that way if you want. People like Putin are not the kind of character that gets used to peddle “rags-to-riches” billionaire fallacies in the west.