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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

When you have no meaningful goal in life you can't arrive anywhere.

This the reason why so many "rich" and "powerful" people are so goddamn fucked up inside or really, really insane. Because no sane mind is able to make this kind of shit up. Add the mishpoke they grow up in and you have the problem at its balls with our so called elite.

[–]AlanSmith33 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

When you have no meaningful goal in life you can't arrive anywhere.

Or you can set your own goals. Life in post-scarcity society is pretty nice.

This the reason why so many "rich" and "powerful" people are so goddamn fucked up inside or really, really insane.

Nah, they just convinced everybody else to work for their goals instead of their own. It takes a special kind of evil person to steal a fellow humans ability to pursuit happiness. That's not insane, that's genius.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Tolerance is a sign of intelligence. Evil "geniuses" are psychopaths because they obviously don't feel any empathy.

And if their logic denies morality then they are clearly even more evil. It is also widely known that overriding feeling with thinking requires some psychological symptoms at least.

Last but not least these people may have might and money but their inside is empty and they never get to experience real companionship.

I believe that all things of "real" value in this life cannot be bought or taken by force. They have to be given freely or their value converges to zero.

[–]AlanSmith33 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Tolerance is a sign of intelligence.

How can tolerance be a sign of intelligence when tolerating that someone does something bad to you is not a sign of intelligence?

And if their logic denies morality then they are clearly even more evil.

Morality and ethics are subjective, I don't think anybody's logic defies their own morality.

Last but not least these people may have might and money but their inside is empty and they never get to experience real companionship.

I can assure you that a lot of insignificant, poor people struggle with the same.

I believe that all things of "real" value in this life cannot be bought or taken by force. They have to be given freely or their value converges to zero.

A beautiful sentiment, and I agree. But I also acknowledge that what I put value in, and what others put value in is different.