Related is replacing the naive idea that “money corrupts” with the truer “money makes you more of what you are.”
Most people’s inherent corruption and selfishness is reigned in by a lack of power. Money allows it to come out. The nice thing about (ideal) capitalism is that only hard working, risk taking, creative people end up with power, which leads to more hard work, more risk taking, and more creativity.
It’s the people who acquire money through other means that end up “corrupted” by it, even though they’re really just showing who they were all along.
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Related is replacing the naive idea that “money corrupts” with the truer “money makes you more of what you are.”
Most people’s inherent corruption and selfishness is reigned in by a lack of power. Money allows it to come out. The nice thing about (ideal) capitalism is that only hard working, risk taking, creative people end up with power, which leads to more hard work, more risk taking, and more creativity.
It’s the people who acquire money through other means that end up “corrupted” by it, even though they’re really just showing who they were all along.