• demonsword@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        This can only be true in a system that actively rewards greed. For most of the Homo Sapiens history money didn’t even exist.

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        5 months ago

        Conversely, it’s the type of person that doesn’t have any qualms stepping on or taking advantage of the people you need to in order to make that kind of money in the first place.

        Obscene wealth attracts the most evil people.

      • orphiebaby
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        5 months ago

        Money doesn’t corrupt, money just allows people to let loose on a lot of the stuff they weren’t able to do. As the saying now goes: “money doesn’t corrupt, money reveals”.