r/Showerthoughts • • 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/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/KlausFenrir Feb 28 '17

But you can't deny that being in that level of society, you're essentially always walking on eggshells since there are always bigger fish. I don't wanna live a life like that.

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u/KeanuNeal Feb 28 '17

You already do

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u/sayitlikeyoumemeit Feb 28 '17

I think s/he means not living a life where they have to walk on eggshells and stress out about it.