The only way I can square it is to remind myself that the reason they were able to even accumulate that kind of wealth in the first place is that they’re already morally bankrupt. I shouldn’t expect them to change and stop fucking other people over when it’s fucking people over that got them there. They’re just more able to seal themselves off from the consequences of their actions when their estates get bigger and the neighborhood walls taller, and the rest of humanity fades away from their daily existence like the white noise on an antenna TV.
I still don’t even begin to understand how any human being could be so vile and repugnant, but yes - it’s almost certainly the case that they got where they are through a lifetime of being vile and repugnant, so their current loathsomeness is just a continuation of a lifelong pattern.
And by the bye, that was notably well written. Kudos.
The only way I can square it is to remind myself that the reason they were able to even accumulate that kind of wealth in the first place is that they’re already morally bankrupt. I shouldn’t expect them to change and stop fucking other people over when it’s fucking people over that got them there. They’re just more able to seal themselves off from the consequences of their actions when their estates get bigger and the neighborhood walls taller, and the rest of humanity fades away from their daily existence like the white noise on an antenna TV.
Yes.
I still don’t even begin to understand how any human being could be so vile and repugnant, but yes - it’s almost certainly the case that they got where they are through a lifetime of being vile and repugnant, so their current loathsomeness is just a continuation of a lifelong pattern.
And by the bye, that was notably well written. Kudos.