Let's say that you have an opportunity to gain billions to fix the society from the top. Do you think that you would keep your integrity and use your money for the greater good, or that you would be corrupted by your power?

If so, would you still accept the offer knowing that you would just make the situation worse?

And if you believe in yourself, how would you try to convince an hypotetical entity to give you this wealth?

To avoid regrets let's say that if you decline the offer your memory about the deal gets erased.

  • juliebean@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    i think super rich people do fucked up shit because:

    1. that's the only way you become mega-rich, and
    2. they want more

    if i already have 'infinite' money, why would i want more, and since i'm getting this via magic or something, there's no incentive to be evil in order to become or remain mega-rich. in short, yeah, i reckon i'd be alright, and we'd all be better off in the long run.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 day ago
      1. that’s the only way you become mega-rich

      People have become billionaires by literal lottery. They're not evil geniuses; don't flatter them by suggesting so.

      • juliebean@lemm.ee
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        4 hours ago

        according to this list, nobody has gotten a billion from a lottery, yet. but sure, i guess that is the way to get rich, without having to exploit others. i also feel like i ought to point out that i never accused anyone of being evil geniuses, just evil.

        edit: fixed link

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          11 hours ago

          Ah, just $997.6m. My bad, I guess.

          Yeah, but there's plenty of nasty mean poor people, too. If you put that incomprehensible wealth on a lack of morals you're basically painting them as a Lex Luthor figure who can just choose to outmaneuver everyone else. Meanwhile, there's pretty strong statistical evidence the ones that didn't win literal lotteries just won figurative ones.