My only regret is that this joke gets closer to reality every year.

https://lemmy.ml/post/2494077

My only regret is that this joke gets closer to reality every year. - Lemmy

I don’t remember this part and I don’t quite get it. Is it that he doesn’t even care if he dies as long as he makes more money?
He didn’t want to die, but that didn’t stop him from wanting to make more money while undermining his own survival. Basically they were making fun of the self destructive, profit over everything else and infinite growth at all costs philosophy of capitalism and corporate culture. I think the writers’ intention was for him to be the personification of capitalism.
Yeah that’s what I figured. I was just confused that he doesn’t save his own skin like any IRL capitalist would. But if he’s supposed to be a personification of capitalism it makes sense

he doesn’t save his own skin like any IRL capitalist would

Doesn’t he? After essentially destroying the cure he freezes himself so he can survive.

He kinda tries but his short-sightedness dooms him anyway