- 11 Apr 2018 06:18
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I know this guy, let's call him Robert. Robert believes that he's going to make the next big tech company and not sell out. Lots of the proceeds will go to unidentified charities. So far, this is fine.
He also likes to joke about how he'll have a huge office and have sex with all the interns. Made me feel a little uncomfortable but you know, we're guys so whatever.
I started to worry when he suggested that since his company will be charitable, people who won't work with him on it are bad people, since obviously charity is good and not contributing to charity is bad.
I have avoided discussing it with him but a couple things seem to be going in here. First, Robert seems to have conflated being a good person and being materially successful, to a high degree, in his mind. You can't suggest to some of these people that these things can't go together. Second, it seems greatly upsetting to many people to suggest that someone can refuse to work with you and still be a good person.
The nexus between these two things seems to be a form of narcissistic delusion. They really believe that their success, as they define it, and the greater good are the same thing. Anyone who disagrees with that gets viciously atacked. And maybe this is why western people can't stand being disagreed with.
Western people don't hate disagreement because these issues are tangible things that they work with or effect; it's usually quite the opposite. So there's a different reason for this desire for total uniformity. I have been wondering if it isn't a form of narcissistic delusion of grandeur as I described earlier and their real goal in requiring total agreement is to protect that illusion.
He also likes to joke about how he'll have a huge office and have sex with all the interns. Made me feel a little uncomfortable but you know, we're guys so whatever.
I started to worry when he suggested that since his company will be charitable, people who won't work with him on it are bad people, since obviously charity is good and not contributing to charity is bad.
I have avoided discussing it with him but a couple things seem to be going in here. First, Robert seems to have conflated being a good person and being materially successful, to a high degree, in his mind. You can't suggest to some of these people that these things can't go together. Second, it seems greatly upsetting to many people to suggest that someone can refuse to work with you and still be a good person.
The nexus between these two things seems to be a form of narcissistic delusion. They really believe that their success, as they define it, and the greater good are the same thing. Anyone who disagrees with that gets viciously atacked. And maybe this is why western people can't stand being disagreed with.
Western people don't hate disagreement because these issues are tangible things that they work with or effect; it's usually quite the opposite. So there's a different reason for this desire for total uniformity. I have been wondering if it isn't a form of narcissistic delusion of grandeur as I described earlier and their real goal in requiring total agreement is to protect that illusion.
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