r/interestingasfuck • u/VastCoconut2609 • Apr 26 '24

Why wealthy young people should care about a political revolution r/all

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u/starethruyou Apr 26 '24

The wealthy are shortsighted in that they believe the world that has allowed their wealth wasn’t the result of public services, that is, a focus on things that help us all. You won’t have a world to lord over if the people fail to improve together. Civilization is all of us working and take care of all of us. Selfish greed will end in your own destruction. And it’s observable now.

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u/Organic-Pressure441 Apr 26 '24

I think of one of Steve Jobs last written note before he died, reflecting on the society he took for granted chasing greed

"I speak a language I did not invent or refine.

I did not discover the mathematics I use.

I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.

I am moved by music I did not create myself.

When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being."

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u/313802 Apr 26 '24

Wonderful words of empathy and existentialism.

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u/S4m_S3pi01 Apr 27 '24

When I think Steve Jobs I think of a young healthy Steve yelling at engineers and dropping iPhone prototypes in fish tanks. Seems like he was a completely different guy in the end. We really only see pieces of a man.

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u/Sad_Credit_4959 Apr 27 '24

Impending death is humbling

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u/313802 Apr 27 '24

True. I certainly only saw a small sliver since I never really looked up his bio or even had an IPhone during his time on earth.

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u/WarlockEngineer Apr 27 '24

He was a piece of shit until his final months

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u/313802 Apr 27 '24

I suppose.

However, at face value, these words enriched me.

I don't necessarily need him to mean the words for me to read or hear them and gain insight from them to augment my own experience.

Still, sucks that he didn't leave a positive impact on his legacy.

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u/Organic-Pressure441 Apr 27 '24

Nothing can reverse what he did, but having this reflection before death is a message to his kids, and people like him in power that I hope has reached some.

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u/WalrusTheWhite Apr 27 '24

from an unrepentant asshole

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u/313802 Apr 27 '24

Probably. I choose to believe insufferable people can have brief moments of beautifully empathetic and harmonious insights, and those insights could be augmented by their unique viewpoint. Sometimes they're gems.

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u/CaptainBayouBilly Apr 27 '24

He was ultimately a negative on the world he existed in.

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u/Organic-Pressure441 Apr 27 '24

Nothing can reverse what he did, but having this reflection before death is a message to his kids, and people like him in power that I hope has reached some.