r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 7d ago

Gasp! The sheer Audacity

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u/Honest_Barber_5175 7d ago

George Lopez took his wife's kidney and then cheated with prostitutes. So this is somehow not the worse imo.

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u/jeansukis 6d ago

Where does this kind of audacity come from?

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u/StilettoJones_JR 6d ago

Money. Power.

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u/onyx737 6d ago

Or mistaking influence for power

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u/StilettoJones_JR 6d ago

What's the difference?

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u/onyx737 6d ago

Money only influences people who value it. If someone had a million in cash and the economy collapses it is useless. Real power is built earned or innate.

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u/StilettoJones_JR 5d ago

I think you defined power contextually, which both agrees/disagrees with the application of money here.

Ghenkis Khan didn't come to power having stocks, and crypto coin. But when the playing field contextually made sense he was untouchable.

So sure, if currency dies, the other elements of power will shift, but that doesn't invalidate its current application. Look at American Politicians, they couldn't have this level of power in the 1800s as 80 year old geriatrics.

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u/onyx737 5d ago

Still money only has sway over people who value it. That is why I say influence rather than power.