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Does money corrupt, or is money attractive to questionable people? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that's not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Probably neither. As far as I can tell rich people are completely unremarkable. Some use their money for good, some for evil (and the media loves that) while most just buy tons of stupid shit and enjoy the good life.

I guess the media thing is the real answer. You don't hear much about Bernard Arnault because he's boring, while Musk is walking clickbait.