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18. Just another lunatic "Libertarian", who thinks he should be able to do whatever the Hell he wants to do, regardless ...

Reply to pat_k (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:07 PM

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... of who gets hurt by it, and thinks that's some kind of high-minded principle. It isn't. It's selfishness, in its purest and most malignant form. People need to stop treating him like he's some kind of inspirational "out-of-the-box" innovator. There's nothing inspiring or innovative about being a selfish asshole, no matter what kind of rhetoric you try to camouflage it with. He's out of morals, out of empathy, and out of principles, and those are not good boxes to be out of.

No more public microphones for him without a course of serious therapy first.

(Do these guys go crazy and then get rich, or is it the other way around ? I'm betting on the latter. I'm betting that the real point when a billionaire goes over-the-top, Looney Tunes crazy, is when he starts to believe he deserves a billion dollars. )

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