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Although it may be against popular opinion, I believe making billions without a healthy stock of virtues is unlikely.
by bitcoin_anon 2y ago
Although it may be against popular opinion, I believe making billions without a healthy stock of virtues is unlikely.
- therobots927 2y agoWell you just deliberately moved the goalposts. I said billionaires are not saints. You said they have “virtues” by which I assume you mean intelligence and work ethic. Character traits that are typically not included in the definition of a saint.
- hinkley 2y agoAgreed. A “healthy stock of virtues” does not mean a stock of healthy virtues. We need a few more decades of inflation before anyone can rightly claim to become a billionaire without fucking people over.
- bitcoin_anon 2y agoVirtues are healthy by definition. There are no unhealthy virtues.
- bitcoin_anon 2y agoIt seems like you are moving the goal posts. > Virtue: Positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good Saints were certainly concerned with virtues.
- therobots927 2y agoHard work and skill are only morally good if they have a net positive impact. Plenty of despots were hard working and smart. A lot of people in the crypto industry are very smart, hard working frauds, for example.
- bitcoin_anon 2y agoYou have narrowed my claim to only the virtues of hard work and skill. I’m claiming that it’s unlikely to make billions without being flush with virtues, not just the ones you deem morally neutral. I stated at the outset that this is not a popular opinion.
- therobots927 2y agoYeah it’s not popular because it’s clear you’ve never met a rich person in your life
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoIt's not popular cuz there's millions of lazy and bitter poor people for every hard-working rich person. In my experience, it's true.
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- therobots927 2y agoFor the record depending on how you define rich I would probably qualify, at least compared to my age cohort. I’m not bitter about my personal situation, I’m bitter that billionaires buy politicians and externalize costs on others to achieve their wealth. Do all billionaires and the rich who serve them do this? No, obviously not. But plenty do.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoIsn't using the term "saint" in the first place, moving the goalposts? He never claimed to be one.