In the ancient world, the way many people gained great wealth was by forming gangs of strong men, beating up their neighbors, and taking their stuff.
People still speak with admiration of men like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, but they were little better than gangsters who enriched themselves through armed robbery.
This was a negative sum game, and assured that people remained poor and unhappy for thousands of years.
Eventually, however, we figured out that respecting each other’s rights, building things, and trading meant that we could play positive sum games instead. We could increase the amount of wealth, and all would benefit. As a result, we moved from living in unheated shacks to living in what our ancestors would’ve thought of as paradise in only a few hundred years.
However, there are still people out there who think that beating someone up and taking their stuff is a really great idea.
It is the great task of our civilization to shun such people, as they are not fit to be part of society.
Somebody has to be the richest person on the planet.
The fact that it’s the guy who popularized electric cars, made rockets reusable, and is working on curing blindness and paraplegia as a side quest seems fair to me.
Islamic Terrorists in Africa chant "Allahu Akbar" as they film mass graves of Christians - right after they slaughtered them in clear defiance of all international law.
This is why I don't care about anyone's feelings when I call out Greg Abbott for allowing the Islamic Invasion of Texas and providing them $1 Billion of our tax dollars to 24 Muslim-only schools.
I refuse to play 'Red vs. Blue', when we are being conquered by both.
@MasterMaliq I understand your desire but can I trust mutual respect when the Koran commands growth toward Islamic law? History and current events show that Muslim numbers rise and freedoms often shrink.
@ItsRobbAllen They’ve been drifting for decades. Started in 1956 with female clergy. Once that line is crossed it almost always leads to affirming homosexuality next, like they did in 2024.