• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, what’s the deal? Spoiler for Fallout TV series, and the Splinter Cell Firewall book but :::the rich also want to accelerate the destruction of the world to profit what remains of post-apocalyptic wasteland. Then the main antagonist in Splinter Cell Firewall also wants to do the same, and his affiliates think he’s crazy, precisely because the bad guy is silver spooned, spoiled rich kid.:::

    The theme of rich people being insane and wanting to destroy the world seems to be becoming prevalent in the mainstream media. Do writers know something behind the scenes about the rich elites that we don’t?

    About the sycophancies, I read an article of a financial CEO who turned around the fortunes of the Singaporean branch. Instead of wallowing in the showers of praises, he consciously avoids and minimise the applauses he is getting to prevent overconfidence. He’s always looking for feedback, setting new goals and the benchmark higher to prevent the branch he is managing going under again. Only few rich and powerful people know how to stay humble and think sane.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      Do writers know something behind the scenes about the rich elites that we don’t?

      I’m pretty sure we already know certain attributes significantly increase the likelihood of being insanely rich, and none of them make for good people.