In 1987, McD’s launched its famous Monopoly game, in which customers collected game pieces that could be redeemed for prizes up to $1M. But in 2001, it was revealed that almost EVERY major prize since 1999 had been stolen by an insider who rigged the game
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if you make $200,000 per year, it would take you 650,000 years to make 130 billion dollars. difficult to fathom...
now, if you somehow made $200,000 EVERY SINGLE DAY, it would still take you 1,780 years. 1,780 years ago pupienus maximus was emperor of rome.
Our real enemies and the enemies of humanity are negative emotions like anger and hatred. Indeed, people who are dominated by powerful negative emotions should be objects of our compassion.