Mastodawn

Like @cstross , I’ve only been realizing very late that extremely rich people are necessarily crazy.

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2026/02/more-in-sadness-than-in-anger.html

It’s logical: non-crazy people will, at some point, hit the "more money than enough even for my craziest fullfilling dreams".

People who are still destroying their social/ecological environment for more money above that level are, obviously, crazy. And dangerous.

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Andreas K

@ploum @cstross Ah, you misunderstood, it's their score that is constantly showing in their personal heads up display.

And in their game of life, they play to get the high score and to make sure that the upstart that was born in the castle on the hill on the other side of the village doesn't beat them.

And if a couple of board cutouts that look like peons have to suffer, that's a a sacrifice they are willing to take.