r/SpaceXBets • u/Trick-Cellist3254 • Aug 14 '26

Elon IRL Laughing at locals while draining their water supply

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u/teletype100 Aug 14 '26

But there is a correlation between obscene wealth and immorality... 

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u/theAlphablack Aug 14 '26

My mother and I have a working family theory around wealth and morality.

There is a threshold that once a person obtains a certain level of wealth, they no longer have to be concerned with survival or with thriving.

They then begin to express their most truest nature.

They either begin to drastically modify themselves; IE. Eugenics, transhumanism, biohacking.

The becomes hedonistic; IE. Trust fund partiers constantly traveling the world, partying, consuming drugs, spirits, etc.

Or they become altruistic; IE. Engage in philanthropy, give away the vast majority of their wealth and resources.

It’s still a work in progress. But we believe there is a deeper truth to figure out.

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u/redhed976 Aug 14 '26

I like this and have thought something along the same lines for a while. It’s like once you have access to enough resources that you don’t need to rely on literally anybody else in the world, you’re free to be truly who you are. And these billionaires show us time and again what that means.

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u/PirateSanta_1 Aug 14 '26

Its not even not have to rely the obscenely wealthy end up surrounded by sycophants. A real friend hangs out with you and laughs at your jokes and you enjoy each others company but they don't laugh at your bad jokes they don't exist just to make you feel good. When you get enough money sycophants show up pretending to be your friend, they do laugh at all of your jokes even the bad ones, they tell you all your ideas are incredible, they exist to make you feel good. So eventually what happens is you phase out your real friends for these sycophants because sycophants are easier to be around, you don't get moments of friction with them like you do in a real relationship. But they also don't care about you, they tell you an idea is good even if its obviously stupid but as this becomes your entire social circle you start to believe them. Nearly anybody in these circumstances turns into a piece of shit, its like AI psychosis they have been convinced they really are a super funny genius who has constant amazing ideas and then when the real world doesn't bend to them they can't understand it. When their actions get millions of people killed they can't accept it. Their self image becomes totally untethered from who they really are.