i mean i did that too. i dated someone filthy rich and it entirely warped my world view for a few years. it was a slow chip at my integrity but when i finally broke off the relationship and looked in from the outside of what i had become. just wow.
and it isn’t the money that corrupts. yes its probably part of it. but its the people you associate with while rich. you adopt part of their world view. you get influenced. you learn of the justifications. the whys. the reasons X and Y is done. its the entire fucking package of it that eventually changes you.
i’m glad i had the experience because now i have a fundamentally better understanding of humanity in general and the concept of how “power corrupts” actually looks like on the inside and in myself and how i could easily avoid it had i been able to see my own thoughts and behaviors slowly get corrupted.
and yes my initial thoughts going in was “that’s really weird but who am i to judge” until it became the norm.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It is physically impossible to become a billionaire if you’re not evil.
mossyrua@mastodon.ie 1 day ago
@JcbAzPx @ChaoticEntropy
“You don’t make a billion dollars, you take a billion dollars.”
AOC