odinsblog:

Not really a revelation here, but I’ve learned to think of extreme wealth in new terms. The old adage that absolute power corrupts absolutely is, I think, true enough, but now I tend to think of it more like this: having a million dollars is kinda like having one infinity stone. Having several million dollars is maybe like having two infinity stones. Having a billion dollars is roughly the equivalent of having three infinity stones. But having several hundred billion dollars? That’s like having the whole infinity gauntlet. All you have to do is snap your fingers, and suddenly you can change reality. The rules no longer apply to you when you’re a multi, multi-billionaire. None of them. You can buy private islands to rape young girls, you can buy police forces, you can buy elections, you can change public opinion on a whim, and you can reshape your image into a benevolent god. You can even rewrite (whitewash) history and turn villains into heroes. Hell, you can literally buy the courts and presidents (in multiple countries), and even redefine words like “rape” and “torture” and “slavery” so that they no longer apply to you personally.