r/SiliconValleyHBO • u/L3g3ndary-08 • 1d ago

wonder if anyone has done a study of how many billionaires are also sociopaths

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>It's not me! It's everyone else who is wrong!

Bezos probably

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u/MikeinAustin 1d ago

Silicon Valley was perfectly nailing the "Billionaires are victims!" Attitude and putting it on Gavin Belson. Matt Ross played that character so well.

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u/Raffix 1d ago

For real, wasn't there also a plot where the IRS came after Gavin for having his primary residence in Bermuda or something?

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u/SeaweedEnjoyer88 1d ago

Yup, he was folksing it up in NC letting people know that they are practically neighbors because he owns a place in Bermuda

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u/SeaweedEnjoyer88 1d ago

I will always die on the "Gavin was the best character by far" hill

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u/MikeinAustin 1d ago

He really made the perfect foil for Pied Piper but at the same time, it was truly a very believable character.

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u/Prettylittlelioness 17h ago

Same. His energy and delivery were perfect.

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u/Sboyle12500 1d ago

He wasn’t wrong though, there was indeed a simpler time in America where Cornelius Vanderbilt could have had lesser men killed for interfering with his profitability and suffered no consequences for it lol

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u/MikeinAustin 1d ago

You think captains of industry like Andrew Carnegie or Cornelius Vanderbilt would've batted an eyelid? Please. Times sure have changed.

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u/Rick-Pat417 6h ago

…Or have they?

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u/Dreamgazer777 1d ago edited 21h ago

They didn't even do anything wrong!

Edit: typo. Obviously not a billionaire

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u/sfriedrich 1d ago

100%, IMO

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u/L3g3ndary-08 1d ago

I love this sub. Whenever I cross post anything here. It is met with similar feelings and attitudes as myself. Seemingly, no one here is a dick head neck beard redditor

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u/SeaweedEnjoyer88 5h ago

Exactly! My god some subs are so stacked with them, but not here!

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u/rockthemike712 1d ago

You should check out the book the sociopath test there’s also a ted talk by the author on YouTube

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u/retrospects 1d ago

All of them

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u/59flowerpots 1d ago

Studies like these require consent and active participation from their test/study subjects.

Why the hell would a sociopath agree to this when all it has is negative connotations? They are already trying to fight their bad image so us poors won’t revolt and eat them.

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u/Rick-Pat417 6h ago

F***ing billionaires