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Buddyzbuddy

(91 posts)
24. A life unearned
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:28 PM
Dec 21

I'm starting to think some of these people that have achieved financial success or popularity at a young age may have done so without paying their dues. Without struggle how would you recognize empathy for others or the norms of living within a just society. IMHO, I would attribute much of it to the progress of computers. Don't get me wrong, it's not blame, just an observation. How many software engineers, bitcoin developers/traders, social influencers that have achieved financial success are under the age of 30 or 25. They've taken the ball and run with it. I applaud them. But, there is a responsibility to society. The society that allowed for that success. Now we have monsters of the universe that have money to buy politicians which gives them power over many. Greed, money, power, cruelty in that order. No rules, no moral compass. Ambition and success can be and should be good in the right hands. The guardrails no longer exist. The corrupt Supreme Court has given carte Blanche to the worst of us. The scales of justice have 6 thumbs holding it off balance. Justice will continue to evade us unless we get better political fighters working on our behalf.

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Throw him in prison without a trial and then see what he thinks of the US Constitution. He'd be begging for it. Walleye Dec 21 #1
We did a poor job communicating Vance's crazy ideas. yardwork Dec 21 #2
Blame the rancidity corrupt and incompetent American media Charging Triceratops Dec 21 #5
We can't count on the media. yardwork Dec 21 #6
When the autopsy is written on America, the whore media will be found as the cause of death. OMGWTF Dec 21 #14
MidasTouch network on youtube is awesome! Bluethroughu Dec 21 #28
Great, another nazi weirdo. Dave Bowman Dec 21 #3
This guy is extremely dangerous and scary karin_sj Dec 21 #4
He sounds very nuts! people Dec 21 #12
Dafuq?!? OMGWTF Dec 21 #15
Isn't this the plot of The Matrix? skypilot Dec 21 #16
Anyone ever read FalloutShelter Dec 21 #26
I'm sure President Vance will nominate him NameAlreadyTaken Dec 21 #7
Curtis Yarvins goal is to have divide all the states up in the US into Jspur Dec 21 #8
They tried that in England Beck23 Dec 21 #23
Peter Theil sounds dumb AF also. They are just Bluethroughu Dec 21 #29
I heard that Theil is quite enamored with Yarvin's ideas tikka Dec 21 #30
I have two words for this guy: Maximilien Robespierre Yavin4 Dec 21 #9
may mao got the "cultural revolution " idea right rampartd Dec 21 #32
I don't know who the hell Curtis is... Blue_Tires Dec 21 #10
None of them are invulnerable Nigrum Cattus Dec 21 #13
I think what happened to Caligula is also a good lesson for him DBoon Dec 21 #25
OH GOODY state of stupid Dec 21 #11
Who wants to bet Yarvin got his start spapeggy Dec 21 #17
More about Yarvin here, in a thread from five months ago: highplainsdem Dec 21 #18
He's a genuine scumbag. BradBo Dec 21 #19
He thinks liberal democracy is decadent? nuxvomica Dec 21 #20
He sounds like a seditionist Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 21 #21
We know what happened to Caesar. Beck23 Dec 21 #22
A life unearned Buddyzbuddy Dec 21 #24
This IS SEDITION. Bluethroughu Dec 21 #27
We're in for a really scary time... karin_sj Dec 21 #31
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