• masquenox
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    The billionaire class aren’t “ghouls” leaching off society. They are leeches leaching off society. The term parasites will also suffice.

    Also the super-creep genre is shit.

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      Unlike billionaires, some parasites are beneficial to humanity (there’s a species of wasp that lays its eggs in plant-destroying caterpillars, and leeches can be used as bait while fishing).

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        I’m okay with using billionaires for chum.

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      I guess they leech, rather than leach. Leech off, leach out. I think that’s right.