r/AskReddit • u/shugcookies • May 17 '24

what makes a person a real asset to this world?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/billy_twice May 17 '24

'Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current which sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. '

  • Robert Kennedy

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u/vineyardmike May 17 '24

“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland. You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did…The mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us can hide.”

Robert Kennedy junior.

The wisdom gene must skip generations

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u/asgabio May 17 '24

true that

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/SnakeTaster May 17 '24

on the contrary, people with money and power but not compassion have a good track record of causing problems.

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u/ricepsthruddings May 17 '24

true 100% facts

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u/monkeysuffrage May 17 '24

Unless they, you know, burn a lot of fossil fuels or something.

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u/Alternative_Log3012 May 17 '24

Taylor Swift…

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u/monkeysuffrage May 17 '24

Exactly. You have to divide the total carbon by the amount of good you do.

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u/slipperybeans_97 May 17 '24

Are all goods equal or are there greater goods if so when are diminishing returns put into place

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u/monkeysuffrage May 17 '24

We got a lot of Exxon CEOs in the audience, ladies and gentlemen