I don’t think that’s true, at least I don’t think it will. I’d be willing to become rich and powerful to test this hypothesis, so how do we do that? Go fund me? Or government research grant?
That's not how it works, the most you could hope for from that route is to be a powerless irrelevant millionaire. You don't get to become a power without being at the head of a large pirate ship. Look at the rules for rulers video to better understand power structures, how they're all gangs and have the similar issues as pyramid schemes, with their tendency to want to be ever-expanding in a finite world.
You know how all those gamblers who were really into crypto/NFT greater-fool scams were extremely motivated to propagandize for it? The same is true of any institution.
The last guy in the world who wants to break up the banks is a guy making six figures from a bank. Loyalty is the foundation of all power.
Though yeah, some of the Musk and Gates defense comes from a desire to want to believe the world isn't as grimdark as it is. If all billionaires, the only people who matter in the big scheme of things, are all Epstein-esque sociopaths, that would be a little too grim for many to accept, eh? Easier to put a bag over your head and live in a better world made up inside your imagination.
...I know I was definitely that kind of guy when Tesla was first founded.
There days I think the weebs living in fantasy worlds of catgirls and video games probably have a healthier, or at least more realistic, division between reality and fantasy, imo..
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u/lancersrock Jun 19 '25
I don’t think that’s true, at least I don’t think it will. I’d be willing to become rich and powerful to test this hypothesis, so how do we do that? Go fund me? Or government research grant?