VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Just billionaire things@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoSergey Brindiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1780arrow-down18
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageSergey Brindiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Just billionaire things@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoYeah but the people who built these skyscrapers during the gilded age weren’t exactly paragons of virtue.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoNot saying they were. Just saying that the self aggrandizement of assholes can result in cool shit for the rest of us. Instead we get boring assholes who just sit there jerking off to a number going up.
minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDoing something good for bad reasons is still doing something good.
Yeah but the people who built these skyscrapers during the gilded age weren’t exactly paragons of virtue.
Not saying they were. Just saying that the self aggrandizement of assholes can result in cool shit for the rest of us. Instead we get boring assholes who just sit there jerking off to a number going up.
Doing something good for bad reasons is still doing something good.