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Does money corrupt, or is money attractive to questionable people? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that's not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 30 points 1 month ago

In this world, money is power, and power absolutely does corrupt people.

I've seen a lot a fair amount of people that started off with humble beginnings, got really popular, made a ton of money, and turned into shitbags as a result because they can just fork up a bunch of cash to make problems go away.

Money and power enables you to get away with immoral stuff, if not straight up illegal.

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