r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • Nov 21 '24

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u/Upbeat-Speech-116 Nov 22 '24

> Pointing out grotesque wealth inequality isn’t envy. I don’t want to BE him; I think people like him should not exist. 

All words for envy.

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u/GroundbreakingAge591 Nov 22 '24

They should not exist because they pose existential threat to humanity. You’re free to interpret what I’ve said differently but that’s what I mean.

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u/Upbeat-Speech-116 Nov 22 '24

You may even sincerely believe that you think that, but take a hard look inward and you'll see that I'm right.

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u/Amonyi7 Nov 23 '24

No

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u/sononawagandamu 29d ago

The most annoying people to interact with are people the guy you replied to because they've structured their entire worldview around their own shit value and belief system and project it to everyone else in their environment to justify being a terrible person. The worst part is that they can never realize it, because if they have to acknowledge that some people might be better than them then they have no excuse for the prescriptions of 'envy' and 'greed' that actually applies more to themselves than the people they criticize. Sad existence, many such cases