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I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice - but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers.

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I knew that one day we might have to watch as capitalism and greed and bigotry led to a world where powerful men, deserving or not, would burn it all down. What I didn’t expect, and don’t think I could have foreseen, is how incredibly cringe it would all be. I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice - but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers.
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Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 16:01:30 JST Alfie Kohn

When too much money (and therefore power) ends up in the hands of emotionally stunted boys with repulsive values:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers

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