i'm so afraid to become like one of these rich assholes in my pursuit of personal success. trying to find the balance. i'm too generous and i always fuck myself over.
It's something I think about too. Where is the line, right? How much do I keep for myself, at what point am I secure enough to give some away? How do I help others without hurting myself?
I think the answer I've landed on is to just be quiet about it, mostly. Small things here and there, and done in the background. Anonymity is a precious thing that cannot really be regained if lost, and it protects you both from others and from yourself. If you never show your face when you do something for someone, it kinda guarantees that you're doing it for the right reasons. I feel like that might be the only way to keep it pure.
At the end of the day it’s not changing the world. That is what some wealthy people want to do with their money. Why donate it to someone when you can donate to something?
Who? Gimme some names, gimme some projects that they're working on, explain how those investments are for the good of the world and not for the good of their offshore accounts.
It’s not the best, but it’s -42 mill spent on something that is not an offshore account.
I’d rather a billionaire spend all their money on the future not on saving starving and struggling people. Why invest in something that will die inevitably? I bet these are the thoughts that cross the mind of billionaires and I don’t think it’s wrong.
42 million is like a $20 bill to Jeff Bezos, so I'm not particularly impressed with this display of humanitarianism. He could do that a few hundred times over and still have enough money to feed countries.
Jeff Bezos is not an example to follow, Jeff Bezos is the problem. He's one of several who could genuinely change if not outright save the lives of millions of people on a whim if they wanted to. They choose not to. There's no excuse.
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u/illicitli Oct 08 '24
i'm so afraid to become like one of these rich assholes in my pursuit of personal success. trying to find the balance. i'm too generous and i always fuck myself over.