Comment on Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correct

SalamenceFury@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That doesn’t seem to bother the kind of people being described

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Does Muskrat seem like a happy and balanced individual to you? What about Coked up Bezos or AI Zuckerberg?

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    • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Zuckbot seems legitimately happy now after disconnecting from the metaverse

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  you’ll be alone for eternity and will never have true friends or camaraderie, and that by itself will consume you.

  I AM a morally decent person who makes efforts to do the right thing. And that last part is STILL true!

  I just don’t like most people.

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  • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Most people are selfish and amoral. When people like that encounter a decent person they will do what they can to silence them so they aren’t given the ability to expose corruption.

    You probably don’t like most people because most people are walking sacks of shit who would throw you under the bus if it means benefiting themselves

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    • SalamenceFury@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’d be wrong. I’m sorry that you feel this way about humanity, but that is simply not true. And believing that won’t make you a “smart” person. It makes you’re no better than those people, and it also makes you feel worse.

      It might be satisfying in the moment to hate humanity, but that satisfaction is fleeting and addicting. Being a misanthrope just brings the worst version of yourself out.

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      • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Seems condescending to assume I think that belief makes me “smart”. I’m speaking on my experience, that’s the only experience I have. I don’t appreciate you trying to make me out as some kind of angsty teen rebel.

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      • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I want the worst version of myself out. I recently made two shitty co-workers crap themselves.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wow. You actually get me.

      shifty eyes

      I still don’t trust you…

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      • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I want nothing from you other than your social security, bank cards and pins, credit card information, medical information, your first born, your shoe size, favorite color and why, as well as your third born

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• TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There are plenty of corrupt people who are never caught, or even caught and let go with little to no consequences due to their influence and money. As much as I want to live in a world where karma exists and assholes get what they deserve, that is unfortunately not the reality we live in.

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• GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  via SMBC:

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• Artisian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You can be selective with this power; works well for a lot of folks. Have a smallish in group where you’re always upstanding, enjoy all the benefits that our tribal brain craves, and also enjoy the material benefits.

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  • Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hey, you just described church!

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• garbagebagel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah it really depends on what you consider success. For a lot of people, money & power isn’t necessarily the marker for success, and finding meaning and joy in life is more important. And I know that sounds like capitalist “money doesn’t buy you happiness” bs, but striving towards money and power consistently is the most capitalist thing you can do.

  I think people who are able to attain a good amount of money to survive and still maintain their morals and find joy, that’s success.

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