The Italian government has reportedly contacted Mark Zuckerberg regarding a potential UFC fight against Elon Musk at none other than the legendary Colosseum in Rome. Both Elon and

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    I gotta be honest, I am all for world governments encouraging and yes, facilitating billionaires to hurt each other in one-on-one combat. Sell tickets and snacks why not. Pay per view. Just give the money to government services.

    What with estate taxes, I would think it’s potentially quite a valuable use of a goverment’s time.

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      Next we need politicians and policy makers putting their fists to work instead of sending others, preferably in taxable ways, too.

      One could dream.

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        That’s how you get President Camacho.

        Not complaining. President Camacho knew the limits of his intelligence and listened to a smart advisor when he found one, which puts him ahead of most every other world leader.

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      I think all that would happen is billionaires would pay people to be their ‘front’ character and somehow find a way to monetize it on the down-low.

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      So people will fly around stupidly in private jets visiting this crap and damage the environment for nothing. Well they already do that, I‘m still not a fan of them continuing to do that.

      At least make it a fight to the death, that might turn this into a climate neutral event.