We are about to get a crash course in why "solidarity" calls invariably come to nothing: you know, deep in your bones, that you have a minuscule network of people you can trust to do the right thing. You don't want to believe that, of course, but you know it is so
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Sure, some people like to help out for short-term gain, and others like to be seen signaling virtue, but at the end of the day, you shouldn't be surprised when your dad claims he's going to a meeting to bail out the family business and instead goes to NYC with his mistress
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"If it's you or me, I hope to hell you're looking out for you, because I'm only looking out for me." That was what my dad told me over and over throughout his life. And he told me everyone else was, too
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If there was any lesson to be drawn from my father's life, it was that most people will act against your long term interest (and theirs too) and you cannot blame them and you cannot change this. He used to say it was easier to blow up the whole planet than change even one mind
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