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Trueblue Texan

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7. I'm not sure if evil is always the right term...

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 07:02 PM

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Pathological may cover them more accurately. I agree with everything you say about how out of touch with reality they are, how they are bad for economies, how they are insulated from failures, and careless about destroying resources the rest of humanity and living things need. I have always wondered, beyond the means to buy greater and greater influence, why billionaires are so driven to have even more money than they will ever need in a million years. I can only explain that it is a pathology. Pathology can most definitely become evil and destructive of the self and everything that supports its existence.

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