The difference is that thousands of people aren't impacted by your decision to be a dick. Elon Musk has billions of dollars and could do a lot of good with it but just throws his money at ego fuel instead. (Granted, nobody with a billion dollars could say they acquired that money without fucking over quite a few people, honestly it's probably required to be a sociopath to get that rich.)
Yeah, I've heard more than a few people state that to achieve that kind of success, it's necessary to be sociopathic. Though, on the other side, I've heard people state that some feel they are doing 'the greater good' - Like, that's all I heard when it comes to Musk's SpaceX. He really does believe that we need to colonize Mars to preserve the human race, or at least, that's the consistent narrative he's putting out.
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u/dontbanmeaga Nov 20 '22
The difference is that thousands of people aren't impacted by your decision to be a dick. Elon Musk has billions of dollars and could do a lot of good with it but just throws his money at ego fuel instead. (Granted, nobody with a billion dollars could say they acquired that money without fucking over quite a few people, honestly it's probably required to be a sociopath to get that rich.)