“Aus einem traurigen Arsch kommt kein fröhlicher Furz.”
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I believe it’s peer pressure once you have that kind of money. They are so far from reality they just don’t think about it. All their cocaine-buddies ramble about how they “deserve it” to throw money out of the window, they worked so hard yadda-yadda.
It’s bonkers. But I also never had that kind of money. Maybe we would all do the same thing?
We try. And fall. And realize how ridiculous that looked. Then try again next time…
Should have asked the Swiss, they probably know how to drill holes in rocks. Don’t need a startup for that…
“Herrgottsbscheisserle”
That’s the word you are looking for. We also ate beaver on fridays, they are fish!
Or the war on drugs
The question is: can a wealthy philantropist do more good than a wealthy psychopath can do harm? Buying cars is not really bad per se, it just shows they don’t care for anything but themselves. Spending money on research to solve global warming on the other hand…
Edit: I’m just playing devils advocat. I know it is no solution to all our problems and I hate cumulation of wealth in the hands of a few. But thats the world we live in and I just try to find a silver lining.