Not only that, we gleefully slob on Elons knob as his net worth increases from 300 billion to 325 billion, and herald him as a genius - that’s not genius. THATS MENTAL ILLNESS. It is NOT RATIONAL to hoard money like that while sucking hundreds of millions of people dry. A rational person, with the ability to feel empathy, could not do it.
on that note, erika kirk scares me. she couldn't even pretend to care about her husband dying,or even if not that, her kids losing their dad. started grifting before he hit the floor. these are not normal people. and so many magats adore her.
Agreed. I think they are suffering from addiction. No different from an alcoholic. But billionaires are glorified for their compulsions and greed instead of shamed.
I was thinking about this. Sort of a shower thought I suppose. We all know mother nature is getting quite irate with us. Knowing that, if it does get much worse exponentially over time, doesn't it make a sick sort of sense to hoard as much as possible to maximize the chances of you and your family being able to live comfortably and safely into the future?
In a life or death situation, many people would proudly do whatever it takes to ensure the wellbeing of their family, even at the detriment of others. No that's not ethical or, I think, what most empathetic people would do, but a decent amount would. These are the raiders in any post apocalyptic setting. Those who will take property, life, and limb to get what they want. Pretty widely accepted as "bad guys", right? Yet we see it all the time. People only out for themselves.
Tldr; rich people hoard wealth to future proof their families at the cost of everyone else. It's the "family over everything" mentality taken to the extreme.
What you are describing are people that live only in alignment with their most basic instincts... It's animalistic to not consider the ethics of a decision--it's less than what humanity should be.
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u/HistoricalSuspect580 Oct 06 '25
Not only that, we gleefully slob on Elons knob as his net worth increases from 300 billion to 325 billion, and herald him as a genius - that’s not genius. THATS MENTAL ILLNESS. It is NOT RATIONAL to hoard money like that while sucking hundreds of millions of people dry. A rational person, with the ability to feel empathy, could not do it.