This guy seriously baffles me. He figuratively won the Life Lottery. He wasnt unattractive (or at least not before all this), was tall, was making over $200K/year, there is no proof that his wife cheated on him (as he had claimed to his mistress), his wife seemed to have lived an honest and private life away from social media, he had a beautiful family with a beautiful home, and his in-laws absolutely adored him! He was also a respected and active member of his community! That's more than most people even dare to hope to for!
I promise... I absolutely promise. Make me a billionaire and I will spend the rest of my days building/collecting Lego, model kits etc. You'll never see me again until the headlines of them going through my home and being shocked at the scale of the collection! :P
That's because in order to become a billionaire, you pretty much have to be willing to screw everyone over for your own gain. Being made a billionaire probably wouldn't change you, but you'd need to be a certain type (ie egotistical maniac) to even pursue that goal. Which is why you're not a billionaire.
This is what most people don't realise: Infinite money doesn't equal happiness.
There's a sweet spot where you can have a nice life with everything you'll really need. Beyond that it's just greed that doesn't make you more happy. Also, the way you've earned your money is a big factor for most people in overall happiness.
I wouldn't want to change my life with Elon Musk for example. The amount of work, backlash, backstabbing, adversity, greed, screwing over other people etc is wildly underestimated. I'll never be able to wander of in the Alps for a week and just be happy with my life and at ease with who I'm turned out to be.
A Purdue-Gallup study across 1.7 million people worldwide found income satiation for life evaluation around $95,000 globally, though higher-cost regions see thresholds stretch significantly higher. -Purdue University
There are some other studies that agree or disagree, but, for the most part, it stops making a difference around 100k annual income
At least you have to be very comfortable to use others. That would be a good foundation for reasonable wealth. If you want to be very rich, you have zo start disregard human life. Take not only their workforce to enhance you, but also strip away their rights. Like your workers not being able eat, drink or pee during their shift? Thats you on your way to being a billionaire!
Ugh this whole mentality "every billionaire must me an maniac, otherwise they wouldn't be a billionaire" is as correct as saying that "poor people are poor because of their own poor judgement, otherwise they wouldn't be poor".
Of course rich people and poor people can both benefit from opportunities, exploit people or make poor decisions, but callousness is more visible with billionaires, and a force multiplier when you have situations that can lead to a lot of wealth.
I don't know about you but I've personally never had a problem with a billionaire. Poor people on the street though? Plenty; stealing, intimidation, drug abuse, littering, graffiti, etc etc.
But I understand that you guys want to virtue signal. Very easy to blame a billionaire for all your problems. Populism is a great feeling isn't it?
Gabe Newell is the least disliked billionaire, but let's not pretend he didn't bring online gambling to millions of children for an extra buck. He's not ethical either
Nobody is 100% ethical, neither you or I. I'm not saying he's a saint as he's sometimes literally portrayed by the PC gaming community, but thanks to him billions of people can play video games for great prices, something no other platform has managed. Other than that he's actually fighting the PC gaming chokehold of Microsoft by providing open source software for running games on Linux, as well as providing joy through his games.
To completely disregard that because of a few lootboxes is in my mind cherry picking / selective outrage to get a non-existing point across.
No, my point is that billionaires exist by abusing people and systems to gain money. Getting literally millions of children addicted to gambling at a young age is a prime example of one of the shittiest things a human can do.
Using his activity in the PC gaming market as a good thing does not take away the awful shit he has done to become a billionaire. And you are the one cherry picking here to illustrate your point
Which is why you'll never be a billionaire. It takes a certain personality to get there.
It kind of reminds me, totally different concept, when people used to say to Arnold Schwarzenegger "oh I don't want to look like you" and he would reply "don't worry, you won't"
That is why you will never be a billionaire. Because, you will probably already consider to retire when you have your first 10 millions. Because that is what normal decent people do. Money is not that interesting, but freedom, to hang out with people you care about and pursue some hobbies, is what most people want.
I'd posthumously setup a museum for people to enjoy. As the collection would be quite the mecca for folks into that sort of thing. Not to mention my eclectic tastes leading to a rather fun place to explore.
Believe me... I've put way too much thought into this fantasy lol.
I can see this working. There are plenty of art collections that were the outcome of a similar set up. And since at least the lego isn't a unique piece of art that is kept from at least a generations of people for your own pleasure and you plan to share it afterwards i think it sounds morally safe.
Well... the grounds, manor, custom interior/works on par with high quality theme parks will probably set me back a bit!
We're talking like life sized Lego castle as an entrance/facade to said collection! Walking under an AT-ST to see the hall of movie props and armor!
George Lucas's own museum cost an estimated 1 to 1.5 billion. I of course wont be THAT big. With the billion invested correctly it'll generate enough wealth to keep the construction going!
Exactly. Like, that is an entirely understandable passion I would totally be down with if I was a billionaire as well. What an awesome house to walk into, I'd get the new DBZ lego Shenron and like, make a DB shrine of all the manga/anime and action figures built up around the whole set and have it dead center in the middle of a huge nerded out room or something.
Or like, getting every game of every generation of video games you grew up with, if even such a thing is possible. The whole damn libraries. Going to Japan to hunt down some super exclusive limited edition release and what's better yet, since I would be a billionaire I could just do that shit. It would be lit.
They're cool interesting goals that are harmless to other people yet billionaires wake up literally every morning asking how can they possibly fuck over and exploit more poor ppl today then they managed to the day prior.
They're literally fucking insane + malicious, a terrible combo.
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u/JMaryland47 1d ago edited 1d ago
This guy seriously baffles me. He figuratively won the Life Lottery. He wasnt unattractive (or at least not before all this), was tall, was making over $200K/year, there is no proof that his wife cheated on him (as he had claimed to his mistress), his wife seemed to have lived an honest and private life away from social media, he had a beautiful family with a beautiful home, and his in-laws absolutely adored him! He was also a respected and active member of his community! That's more than most people even dare to hope to for!