Do I vote for or against to make it more likely?
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Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Can we all go on polymarket and start a betting pool that Peter Thiel will not be violently assassinated by the end of the year?
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 days ago
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The one who bets for collects the money if that happens. They would also benefit from actually carrying out the deed. These markets are essentially crowdfunding for dirty stuff.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Or insurance against bad things continuing to happen.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You can, but you’re going to want to have him in your sights before you place the bet
bunchberry@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Bad people don’t die. The more evil you absorb the longer you live. Like Kissinger living to 100.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I suspect it’s the lack of stress due to being a sociopath. Not caring about others has to make life pretty easy in some respects.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Because it has to be here.
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Selection bias. Bad people die all the time, and then we forget about them (or never learn about them) because they stop being in the spotlight.
Nobody talks about the Koch Brothers or the Waltons anymore, as they’ve degraded to irrelevance. Nobody talks about the Carnegies or Fords or Hoovers anymore, for the same reason.
Steve Jobs was an evil fuck and he’s gone now, so he’s off the radar.
Meanwhile, nobody had Lucky Palmer pegged as a sociopath ten years ago and now he’s doing James Bond Villain tier war crimes.
BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
There are exceptions to the rule for example Rush Limbaugh and maybe Scott Adams.