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0 pointschrisrogers1mo ago0 comments

The billionaire class can do those things, but they don't have to. Same with non-celebrity Royalty.

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There are some reasons they may have to: risk of being kidnapped, risk of random people bothering them for money, risk of random crazy people attacking them, illogicality of waiting hours in a TSA line for no other reason than "that's what poor people do".

boca_honey1mo ago

Exactly. If I was one of those people, no one but my 30-50 most trusted friends and family members would be allowed 100 yards near me.

I would be afraid for my safety 24/7, for my children's... For my private life (I would never talk about my personal opinions to anyone outside of my immediate family). Etc.

Think Taylor Swift in Walmart. She could probably get trampled over and die (no joke). Zuckerberg or Gates in a bar or a county fair? Probably beaten to death or shot.

It's easy for us to imagine they live isolated from regular people because they think they're better than us (although they probably think that)... But the reality is that regular people are dangerous for this kind of people.

phs318u1mo ago

> Zuckerberg or Gates in a bar or a county fair? Probably beaten to death or shot.

I think you’re probably right about these two. However if I try and imagine someone like, say, Warren Buffet or Jimmy Carter at a public place like that I think they’d do ok. The difference being of course that they’re not arseholes.

miki1232111mo ago

Hence why I don't think private jets are such a bad idea.

Imagine getting anywhere near Taylor Swift (landside) in an airport terminal when on tour. She wouldn't be the only one trampled.

alterom1mo ago

They don't have to.

But they do.

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