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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

These are good points.

Success to me is health, friends and family, video games, and being able to do something I love while making enough money to maximize those things as best as I can. It's always a balance.

I think everyone should define success on thier own terms. I feel lucky that none of the typical western desires of status or shiny objects interest me at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think everyone should define success on thier own terms.

I think that works at some level. But you're opening the door to some Wolf of Wall Street style sociopaths making life miserable for the rest of us so they can jockey for biggest bank account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can't choose what other people are allowed to think.

There are always going to be evil people. Things that lead to evil people doing more damage then good is what regulation is for, like workplace safety, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You can’t choose what other people are allowed to think.

That's functionally what education is. Not so much "allowed" as "inclined". But establishing social obligations and taboos is sort of foundational to any cohesive cultural movement.

There are always going to be evil people.

I don't doubt it. But its important to define what "evil" standards for in order to rally against it.