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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 5 hours ago

He's bored, and it feels too much like work. He's a wealthy nepo-baby who has never done a lick of work on his life. He just wants the attention and the accolades, he doesn't really want to have to earn it. Can't you just buy it?

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 8 hours ago

Good, the less he does, the better.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Hes in the basement arming himself against the screw worms

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's been on their side the whole time.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

my god, you're right. He's their man in the whitehouse.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 49 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Who could have known that a person born into a rich and powerful family couldn't handle a 9-5 job? It's almost like the stories you hear from every rich person about working from sun up to sunset is a lie told to placate the working poor......

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 7 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

My MAGA brother-in-law once told me that he could be as rich as Trump if he wanted, but he just didn't want to put in the same hours and effort that Trump does.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't want to put in the effort of inheriting millions.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

That's the secret to about 90% of these "self-made" Nepo-Babies.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Don’t want to put in the effort of that many lies to that many people, that many broken contracts, that many violated morals

I'm pretty sure that with a little luck and 500m of inherited capital, i too could bankrupt a casino.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

every rich person about working from sun up to sunset is a lie

I worked at a startup once where one of the guys was honest about that. He had helped a prior startup succeed and made his money, so was not interested in working.

We paid for the name so investors would think we could succeed. He just screwed around when he actually made it in to work, but occasionally talked to investors about the great things he was doing

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Golden Rolodex and all that

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It’s almost like the stories you hear from every rich person about working from sun up to sunset is a lie told to placate the working poor…

LOL, I remember seeing girlfriends of various company founders I've been at who would come in to "work" a few hours per day, usually in a role like "office manager". Many of them came from backgrounds of privilege and of course had no relevant experience or qualifications.

Not one of them had any really important responsibilities, barely worked more than half hour a day, and yet would go on and on about how "hard" they worked, LOL.

Almost without fail. I still remember how one of them had a holy meltdown on the job all because of how the flower arranger that came in to set up flowers had supposedly "failed" to live up to their expectations for the office flowers.

To add extra insult of hearing how "hard" they worked, they were also instructed to act as spies and try to rat out any dissent or anyone that was being lazy or not doing what these ignorant dumbfucks thought people should be doing.

I can see exactly how this would scale up to the level of country-level dumbassery in the case of someone like Brainworm.

Tbf, I'm sure it's probably the hardest they've ever worked in their entire life.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 61 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

That's pretty much the entire Trump administration's defining qualification: No intention to do the actual work, just to not let anyone else do it.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"Government doesn't work. Put me in and I'll prove it."

Obviously means they want to get paid to do nothing. But idiots never put that together.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

Republicans think everything the government does is incompetent, because when they're in charge, it's true.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

In other words, grifters are still griftin'.

He has reps he has to do with sKid Rock or something...

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

To the surprise of no-one

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

RFK Jr. is a living example of how generational wealth can transform a class of clever criminals into a class of stupid criminals in 3 generations or less.

Donald was right. The Trump name does belong right next to Kennedy.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Despite showing up every day.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

Raccoon dick smoothies grant invisibility: confirmed.

[–] Shortrib@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

He’s on a road trip looking for raccoons.