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True Dough

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8. Also agree with this:

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Sat Jun 13, 2026, 05:43 PM

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Imagine waking up tomorrow and every billionaire vanished.
Most people would still go to work.
Food would still be grown.
Roads would still be built.
Hospitals would still operate.
Now imagine every worker vanished.
That's the difference between wealth and value.

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Agreed? [View all] True Dough Saturday OP

True dat Easterncedar Saturday #1

Agreed! Nittersing Saturday #2

But how will corporations and billionaires make obscene amounts of money senseandsensibility Saturday #3

The problem is that the people who do want these things... ananda Saturday #4

I do want a city on Mars and Flying Cars tho... Happy Hoosier Saturday #5

Agreed. calimary Saturday #17

Flying car yes, city on Mars not so much. Morbius Sunday #35

I once heard someone say dweller Saturday #6

Absolutely! SheltieLover Saturday #7

Also agree with this: True Dough Saturday #8

Agree! bluestarone Saturday #9

Yup SuzyandPuffpuff Saturday #10

Is it too much to ask? 2MuchNoise Saturday #11

I love that song. House of Roberts Sunday #33

Me too. 2MuchNoise Sunday #36

Agree; except I do want a mission, or two to Mars electric_blue68 Saturday #12

Except relogic Sunday #23

Oh I should have been specific NASA s3nds astros to Mars; not... electric_blue68 Sunday #25

IMO they took control of politicians through "Citizen United" Justice matters. Sunday #29

Got it. electric_blue68 Sunday #38

Does owning relogic Sunday #34

Ok, you meant -that- way. electric_blue68 Sunday #39

Apologies, electric_blue68 relogic Sunday #40

I'm particularly concerned about the bees. I used to see a lot in my lawn since it's full of clover. patphil Saturday #13

And without bees, no food. Not even for the billionaires. Bumbles Saturday #14

billionaires don't think of these things. They think they can always buy their way out of anything. patphil Saturday #21

It is worth noting... GiqueCee Saturday #15

I agree. LoisB Saturday #16

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Saturday #18

A habitable planet??? Cirsium Saturday #19

Well, maybe a robot butler... JoseBalow Saturday #20

You know it relogic Sunday #22

Yes, I agree. OLDMDDEM Sunday #24

Yes Yes Yes 👍👍 TommieMommy Sunday #26

I'd kind of like a robot butler, but I can do without the rest of it. Ocelot II Sunday #27

Totally! hermetic Sunday #28

AGREED...KNR... MiHale Sunday #30

a robot butler , maybe. rampartd Sunday #31

But, but, but, how will the billionaires make trillions if they don't have all those things???? Fla Dem Sunday #32

Nobody? Polybius Sunday #37