Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of evil, corrupt broke men sitting in basements. They'd be on that island in a minute if they weren't so broke.

And women also

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Anonymous wrote:99.999%

Came here to say this...and I study these people for a living.

Really? say more? Are you a lawyer?

Anonymous wrote:I’ve known 2 men who were billionaires (met thru work/worked with them).

First one was a jerk. Was used to yelling and intimidating everyone to get his way. The first day I met him, he yelled and me and cussed me out for something I had literally nothing to do with (think, like, a bird pooped on his car). Extremely controlling of his wife. I could tell he viewed her more as a possession and beneath him.

Second one was a great, great guy. Extremely chill, kind, strong moral code, absolutely devoted to his wife. I actually felt kind of bad for him, his wife was often pretty mean to him.

The second one is a good example of how even if you aren't evil if you are famous, rich, or powerful, the hangers-on around you probably are. I went to school with some people who were extremely wealthy (billionaire heirs) or famous, and the people who surrounded them were uniformly terrible, even if the person was ok.

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Famous: Mostly non-evil. Most of the famous are performers or athletes. I'd actually say most of your non-evil rich people are the famous performers. Musicians, famous sports people, your big influencers. Yeah, a decent amount are evil/corrupt, but less than the above categories. Lots of them got to the top honestly. I'd say 30%?

Overall population evil/corrupt: <5%

Famous = mostly pedophiles or friends of pedophiles who stay silent and thereby perpetuate pedophilia.

Hollywood knows all about the pedophiles; All of Hollywood knew all about Weinstein for years, or even decades, while he victimized woman after woman; some were even children.

Yet Hollywood said nothing at that time.

I am certain there is a younger version of Weinstein who is now doing the same thing to women in Hollywood today.

The music industry is no better (just look at rich, famous, and powerful P. Diddy).

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Anonymous wrote:I think to get to a lot of those levels, men and women have to have a certain level of sociopathic/psychopathic behavior. There is a lot behind the scenes that's necessary to get to that level, and you don't get there by being nice and morally right to everyone.

I think this sort of thing is like an addiction. Like, they keep needing more and more (money, sex, drugs) to feel something. And at some point 1-1 relationships seem boring. So, they keep ramping it up because they have everything at their easy access. They need something more extreme to feel something and to feel special/have things others don't have. In no way excusing it, it's horrible, but I don't think these people all start off as bad people. Even look at the first wives and children of some of these folks - seem like normal, decent people. But more recent decisions seem in line with just wanting more, more, more.

Because they're hyper greedy, hyper competitive, and hyper ruthless people, which is why they are driven to do things like acquire wealth at the expense of others when they have more money than they and future generations could ever use.

Anonymous wrote:I think to get to a lot of those levels, men and women have to have a certain level of sociopathic/psychopathic behavior. There is a lot behind the scenes that's necessary to get to that level, and you don't get there by being nice and morally right to everyone.

Agree. You have to be ruthless to be a CEO of a large company, for example (in addition to other things, but ruthlessness is pretty much a requirement).

Anonymous wrote:I think to get to a lot of those levels, men and women have to have a certain level of sociopathic/psychopathic behavior. There is a lot behind the scenes that's necessary to get to that level, and you don't get there by being nice and morally right to everyone.

I think this sort of thing is like an addiction. Like, they keep needing more and more (money, sex, drugs) to feel something. And at some point 1-1 relationships seem boring. So, they keep ramping it up because they have everything at their easy access. They need something more extreme to feel something and to feel special/have things others don't have. In no way excusing it, it's horrible, but I don't think these people all start off as bad people. Even look at the first wives and children of some of these folks - seem like normal, decent people. But more recent decisions seem in line with just wanting more, more, more.

90%

30%

Rich: Nearly all. 95+%. You basically have to be exploiting people to be rich. (I assume by rich here you mean net worths of like $10 million + or annual income above seven figures, not just like $500k income good savers or people whose parents left than $1 million).

Powerful: Well, a lot of powerful people are rich. For those folks, see above. For powerful, non-rich people (mostly political power at that point): 50%? Being evil and/or corrupt is a good way to become powerful, but you can also be persuasive and passionate. Thinking about, for example, recent presidential candidates, I wouldn't call Biden, Harris, Romney, McCain, Obama, Clinton, or either Bush "evil" or "corrupt" - even though I disagreed with many of their policies and many of them did pretty shitty things. I actually think you see more evil and corruption in the senate - large numbers there. The House is a mix. Supreme Court - currently a mix, historically majority non-evil/non-corrupt.

Famous: Mostly non-evil. Most of the famous are performers or athletes. I'd actually say most of your non-evil rich people are the famous performers. Musicians, famous sports people, your big influencers. Yeah, a decent amount are evil/corrupt, but less than the above categories. Lots of them got to the top honestly. I'd say 30%?

Overall population evil/corrupt: <5%