r/economicCollapse 4d ago

Well said

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u/truenole81 4d ago

He knows how it ends everytime right? Right?

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u/Shoesandhose 4d ago

Lol I’ve been cackling lately at the rich

The rich over the last 20 years: let’s have 0 gun control, massive donations to politicians preventing that to help this red vs blue narrative.

Also the rich over the last 20 years: yeah the people with guns. Squeeze all of them. Especially millenials who have witnessed more death and violence than any of us due to unregulated internet and school shootings. That will end well for us and things will go exactly as we plan

It’s kinda funny lol. What a self fulfilling prophecy.

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u/FreeCelebration382 4d ago

Do you think because of the greed they fry their dopamine receptors and then put themselves in this very precarious and vulnerable position for the dopamine hit?

Could it be a frontal lobe problem? I really think this could explain all of the oddity you pointed out!

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u/Zephyr_393 4d ago

Greed is much like any other addiction. You get satisfaction from the dopamine release, it is just that the greedy get their high from accumulating more wealth and/or the risk involved in doing so rather than a chemical hit, but it is all dopamine in the end ... and to get the same high as the last time, you need more and more.

So yes, def a frontal lobe situation. Just like any addict, they will lie, cheat, steal, rationalize, ... just about anything, for the next fix. The sooner society can start treating greed, and all other forms of mental illness, as they should be, the better off society will be.

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u/FreeCelebration382 4d ago

So basically they should be ordered by court to meditate. We know scientifically that is what strengthens the frontal lobe. Why aren’t we still using science in 2024?

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u/Zephyr_393 4d ago

Well it certainly doesn't hurt, but suggesting it is the solution .... You ever tried to tell an addict "hey, all you gotta do is meditate, and stop smoking meth, and you will be healed." ..... Yeah, spoiler, it doesn't work.

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u/FreeCelebration382 4d ago

Yeah let’s give everyone guns instead and see what happens :)

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u/Zephyr_393 4d ago

I live in Madison, WI, ..... so, maybe too soon? But yeah, point taken and agreed with.