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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think about 70% of all people have deep character flaws that will, with opportunity, lead to evil behavior. Maybe 80%. I think a lot of times it starts as a seemingly small, even harmless, quality. Sometimes it might be something others even appreciate or admire, like over-confidence or an ability to twist situations to their advantage while being charming.

The more powerful a person is, the more opportunities they have to allow these character flaws to do harm. So I'd guess about 70-80% of all rich and powerful people do evil or deeply harmful things. Maybe let's assume that having these sorts of character flaws has a tendency to facilitate the acquisition of money and power, so maybe it's 90%.

But here's the thing:

If you took these people and made them the regional manager of a local grocery chain, they'd pull the same crap. Just on a smaller scale, harming fewer people. Fewer opportunities to do so much evil, but they'll still do *some* evil because even a regional manager of a grocery chain has some power, and people will exploit power.

Some of the worst people I've ever met in my life were small business owners and middle managers. Thank god they aren't billionaires or senators! And yet, also, the people who are billionaires and senators are not very different from them, sadly.[/quote]

That looks like a good reason to not allow anyone to ever become a billionaire! When will people wake up to the fact that it is not in societies best interest to allow such extreme wealth gaps? [/quote]

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