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I feel like this is the key reason why the worst people are the most successful. I cannot count the number of opportunities I’ve passed over in life that would have just required me to lie to someone, to inflate my worth, to take something that I haven’t earned, and so on. It’s so natural for me to think in terms of morality behind my decision making that I don’t even consider alternatives.

And thus I’m broke and will die working.

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And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Cheers to good conscious. Also, grab any chance to lead a good change

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captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Exactly. It’s not some cosmic battle or any of the other shit some people will use to grift, but some people are liars who more or less don’t give half a shit who they hurt to get what they want (or maybe they do, some might, just not enough to not do it). And I’m not calling for cruelty or anything to them (many of them will be the first to advocate cruelty to “bad people”), just awareness, caution, and caring for your fellow humans.

There are other types of evil out there too. The banal variety has been made famous, but there’s an evil made of fear, an evil made of self righteousness without reflection, an evil made of tribalism… I also think distance from the consequences of one’s actions is a contributer. Power makes you a less moral person and all that.

Also, your father’s life sounds miserable and exhausting. I bet he thought people who did things honest and built community were fools despite us often being happier than folks like him

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- ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  I bet he thought people who did things honest and built community were fools despite us often being happier than folks like him
  
  I see you’ve met him (or his archetype) because yes, his favorite past-time was condemning the “sheep” for living their lives in suburbia, paycheck to paycheck, how useless education was, how worthless so many kinds of people are, how miserable life would be living like so, so many people in the world who are happy and loving with their families. He railed against the “spoils of babylon” while sipping champagne and brandy from his private restaurant booth.
  
  He was crushingly miserable and blamed everyone and everything else for it and became physically violent at anyone who dared to challenge his assertions that he was the perpetual victim. He drank himself to death alone and broke because he had burned every bridge in his life and squandered a fortune.
  
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  - captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, everyone who is just fully on board with neitzche. Though the “spoils of Babylon” thing makes it sound like he was religious enough to hate that description of him
    
    Unfortunately him and his kind control large aspects of my country. And yeah I bet he also thought he worked harder than the suckers and earned it all. Folks like that can’t see past their own nose and their introspection is so bad they can’t see much closer than it either. They’re the sort of folks whose stomach aches from overeating and lament that they can’t eat enough to stop the pain as they eat off your plate.
    
    I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to keep my distance from them, but I’ve known the more openly pathetic variant, who aim for your sympathy rather than your honesty.
    
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  - deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    He drank himself to death alone and broke
    
    I was worried there wasn’t going to be a happy ending.
    
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Jayjader@jlai.lu ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I guess our compensation is being able to be content with what we already have, and not having to constantly worry about someone finding out.

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Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They aren’t the most successful, they just have the most money.

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