• Geetnerd@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It astounds me that a middle aged man, who can literally afford anything, do anything, go anywhere, is so fragile emotionally that he craves adulation from absolute strangers. Particularly teenage boys, which emotionally, he is also.

    It would be pitiable if we wasn’t such a psychopath.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      As a wise man recently said,

      They tried to rig the game, but you can’t fake influence.

      Money can buy everything but it can’t buy respect. Nobody respects Musk getting to level 90+ in SSF HC PoE2 because he just bought his way there. Nobody respects him on Twitter, because he bought his way there. Nobody respects Tesla, because (say it with me kids) he bought his way there.

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      2 months ago

      What gets me is that he has the means to become the most beloved man in history pretty much on a whim. I can’t even begin to comprehend the amount of good he could do by dumping half his fortune into good causes, which would still leave him with orders of magnitude more money than he’d need to buy/do whatever the fuck he wants with.

      The attention he craves is right there. But he chooses instead to be a villain. Why?? Be a fucking superhero - even if it’s for completely selfish reasons, humanity won’t give shit.

      I don’t get it.

      If I randomly obtained a billion dollars, let alone hundreds of billions, I’d spend the rest of my life riding a warm-and-fuzzy high. Helping people feels good!

    • NewDayRocks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      And let’s be real, it’s ok to be emotional and want attention. That’s human.

      But I’m sure this can be done, and is probably easier to accomplish by not being a nazi, which is the real issue here.