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I'm wondering if there is some kind of mass insanity occurring in the world right now with this and the behaviour of numerous influential figures.
by c7DJTLrn 4y ago
I'm wondering if there is some kind of mass insanity occurring in the world right now with this and the behaviour of numerous influential figures.
- kingofheroes 4y agoWealth reveals. Just like alcohol.
- eternalban 4y agoNo, it is wrong to think it is a "mass" phenomena. A very small group of people around the planet are involved here. What is happening is what happens in all long running systems where the generational selection process becomes ineffective due to (typically) nepotism, hedonism, and corruption. What was once, if arguably ethically challenged, but competent elite gives way to an openly corrupt and incompetent set. Healthy systems check this phenomena -- it happens in all power entities historically -- and correct it. When they fail to correct it, they suddenly collapse.
- bmitc 4y agoYou might be interested in Adam Curtis' documentaries. Check them out.
- w1nst0nsm1th 4y agoSomething to do with neo-nicotinoid. It would explain a lot.
- zach_garwood 4y agoMoney is a helluva drug!
- cuteboy19 4y agocheap money and low interest rates, to be precise
- origin_path 4y agoYep. It's a spectrum. At one end you have normal companies, in the middle you have pseudo-companies like Uber or Lyft or perhaps even Twitter where they're just indirectly guzzling printed money for decades after it's laundered through several different intermediaries, and then at the end you have FTX which is a fully fraudulent non-business. Where does all the crazy money come from? Ultimately from the central banks.