• @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      1 month ago

      That thought is, and I cannot stress this enough, legitimately horrifying. Do you know how many of them went to Epstein’s island?

      These are people who can make nearly anything happen to you, and they don’t even have to lift a finger.

      I feel like you just told me that Mordor will be great because you’ll just put on the One Ring, get Sauron’s attention then flash him your tits and he’ll be horny so you’ll be golden.

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          131 month ago

          Gallant as that is, I don’t think it’s either/or with these people, I think it’s both/and.

          They have to keep exploiting and consuming everything and everyone. Whilst I understand that the rapacious drive to infinite growth is systemic, I’m convinced that one of the mechanisms that keeps it going is their own alienation, the deep emptiness and disassociation that comes from living in a world where nobody can tell them no, and they have to fill that hole with something. After your fifth mansion, third private jet and second mega yacht, just buying things doesn’t do it, and why did they accumulate so much if they’re just miserable anyway?

          The only thing left is hurting people with impugnity, because that proves that you have power.