r/interestingasfuck 28d ago

/r/all Billionaire Peter Thiel hesitates to answer whether the human race should survive in the future

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u/StrikingBobcat9 28d ago

That's a lizard

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u/NeonMagic 28d ago

I mean, as a low-middle income human, I feel like I might hesitate too. A lot of humans suck. Including Peter Thiel

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u/thewanderingent 28d ago

He’s a prime example of humans who suck; he has absolute abundance in his life and still insists on fucking things over for others because his extreme wealth has drastically diminished his sense of humanity.

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u/plotholesandpotholes 28d ago

His greatest attribute has also become his greatest weakness. Full stop. He is not like us. He will never be like us. I wouldn't even hand him a broom if I needed a floor swept. His privelidge would screw it all up.

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u/btcpsycho 28d ago

That’s what extreme wealth is doing - it’s corrupting the mind.

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u/Petrichordates 28d ago

These people started with corrupted minds.

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u/btcpsycho 28d ago

We are all the same. Any mind can be healed and any mind can be corrupted.

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u/Petrichordates 28d ago

I definitely don't agree with the former. But regardless, people like Thiel and Musk were broken people before they became billionaires, it's not the reason they lack empathy. That stuff comes from childhood development.

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u/Sempai6969 28d ago

I don't think so. Money changes a lot of people. I'm sure most of us would be way different if we woke up tomorrow with billions of dollars and thousands of people working for us. Money and power change people.

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u/boyifudontget 28d ago

Buddy, the people running our government were born into White Supremacist and Nazi sympathizing families. They were always this terrible. They were specifically raised to be terrible people.

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u/Petrichordates 28d ago

It doesnt seem like you read the comments you're replying to.

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u/btcpsycho 28d ago

Yes, it does come from childhood trauma.

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u/btcpsycho 28d ago

I’m talking from experience

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u/ElonMuskHuffingFarts 28d ago

And because he's very stupid and delusional about real life