• 2484345508@lemy.lol
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    4 months ago

    You just don’t like that I’m suggesting that if you were rich and powerful, you would inevitably be corrupted.

    My point was eventually to arrive at how people should not be allowed to become too rich or powerful.

    Please, my dude, accept the L with dignity.

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      4 months ago

      You are assuming that people become corrupted after they obtain wealth instead

      When there is another example that is just as feasible, ie they obtained wealth because they are corrupt.

      There is really no way to know which one is true either. So passing one or the other as a maxim is disingenuous.

      While I do agree with final conclusion, the premise you lead with doesn’t hold to scrutiny.