I think my drugged friend just made me break the pure-right barrier.

I make a ton of money. 4 times what he does. He is also in debt. So, I started to save up. In case, he got into trouble, I planed to bail him out.

Then, a few weeks ago, when I wanted to debate with him about it, he started to tell me how much he hates rich people. That they do love money more then human life and want to just keep it. (while he was eating a huge hamburger I paid for... obviously)

That hurt a lot. That few lines broke my hearth, since I realized he is not willing to accept happiness, and even if I gave him the money, he would not be able to mentally accept the freedom it offered to him.

@LukeAlmighty

I’m nerding out on Atlas Shrugged here,.. but you sound exactly like Henry Rearden coming to the realization that his family and friends despised and used him because he was a producer, and rather than helping them with his charity, they were using it to hold him hostage psychology

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I will watch it today. I heard it referenced too many times, but have no idea what it's about.

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@LukeAlmighty

There is a three part movie version of the book, but I haven’t watched it so can’t say how well it captures the messages in the book

@Laconicif
*Watches first 15 minutes...

This is SOOOO boring. Why would I want to watch modern corporate world.

*finds out it was written 70 years ago

oh... OHhhh.... :tanya_eh:

@LukeAlmighty

Yet, here we are, sleep walking into the dystopia we’ve been warned about over and over..

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