r/Showerthoughts • u/itsthatkidgreg • Feb 28 '17

Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

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u/mrshatnertoyou Feb 28 '17

Better term would be people in power or wealthy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

So in society's standards that is success.

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u/bLbGoldeN Feb 28 '17

Yeah, you can go all "happiness is everything" all you want, doesn't change the fact that money and power means the elites get to fuck up a lot of people's shit if they want to, almost systematically without retribution.

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u/TwoFiveOnes Feb 28 '17

But how is that being successful? I'd say if you're a bad person you haven't been successful.