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And yet, they just keep going. I will never understand these people.
Because if they don't, someone else will. Their logic is: If somebody is going to burn down the world, it may as well be me!
I genuinely think that they (and conservatives overall) don't understand that everyone is different and that most people aren't our there trying to get one up on everyone else.
100%. Either they don't understand, or they're in on the con.
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy, the empathy exploit. They're exploiting a bug in Western civilization, which is the empathy response." - Elon Musk
I'm convinced that he just needed a good ass kicking when he was 18. I think that would have gone a long way towards squashing that overinflated ego.
unfortunately, if you are big enough as a corporation, by definition you are that kind of organization, or you would not be where you are.
we are ruled by sociopaths who crave power wealth and fame. we are doomed.
Greed is one hell of a drug.
It must be. Because these weird fuckers don't even seem to have hobbies.
They are simply not in the same league as Einstein, Oppenheimer and Russel.
I ain't sure they're even in the same league as Ron Popeil.
"Popeil received the Ig Nobel Prize in Consumer Engineering in 1993."
For sure.
That's actually pretty interesting. I only knew him for those old RonCo infomercials.