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MAJOR FAIL! Losing brother: “I am shocked and disappointed with the decision and I will be considering my options.” Winning brother: “My love for my brother i
by edw519 10y ago
MAJOR FAIL!
Losing brother: “I am shocked and disappointed with the decision and I will be considering my options.”
Winning brother: “My love for my brother is unconditional...I’m thankful for the opportunity to put this challenging time behind us,”.
One of my biggest concerns the past 10 years or so has been the difficult of technology's distinguishing between "building stuff to make the world better" and "chasing nickels". This is clearly an example of the latter. Brothers in court? Disgusting.
I have always been a big proponent of free markets and sure, everyone has a right (and responsibilty) to earn for their good work, but this is just beyond any of that. Stories like this one demonstrate the worst behavior in a world full of blessings.
Frankly, I would sooner give it all up and do volunteer work before I would go to court against my own brother. Obviously, not everyone feels this way. What a pity some of us have lost our way and in the name of "something else", forgot what's really important.
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- forgottenpass 10y agothe difficult of technology's distinguishing between "building stuff to make the world better" and "chasing nickels". I don't think it's super complicated. It just became complicated as people that were decidedly not making the world better wanted the cachet of doing so. To me: unintentional positive externalities are still unintentional. Rationalizing profiting as a societal good basically makes someone the devil.
- nkrisc 10y agoI don't see what's any more wrong about brothers facing off in court than two strangers. There's not some otherworldly, mystical bond between brothers that doesn't or can't exist between any two people.
- themartorana 10y agoI'd say it's pretty tough to approximate a sibling relationship. Now, I'm very close to my siblings, and we were raised extremely family-first, and my experience is entirely my own and not someone else's, but no, even my best life-long friendships that I cherish dearly cannot approximate my relationship and shared growing up with my siblings. YMMV I'm sure.
- nkrisc 10y agoYMMV, I think that's the point. Sure, many siblings share very close relationships because they grew up together in a positive home environment. That's not always true. I'm not saying these two brothers must hate each other, but there's nothing inherently mystical about sibling relationships. Some people have truly terrible people as siblings.