• whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Some journalist should start calling them all Smaug. The problem is a bunch of us asshats would then be like “Smaug did nothing wrong!”

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        2 months ago

        Why should dragons pay tax. He earned that gold fair and square!

        #temporarilyembarrasseddragons

      • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        Don’t know if it was serious or not but someone did a calculation of Smaug’s wealth and he’s on the lower end of the billionaire class. Like single digits compared to Bezos, Musk, and Gates. A literal mountain of gold is less money than they have acquired.