People thought "The Incredibles" was exaggerated fiction. Yet @elonmusk is the real-world equivalent of a superhero, and this week he's being attacked for trying to help save children, by weak arguments that are obv. a thin wrapper over envious hate for the great. https://twitter.com/AndySwan/status/1016727913977319424 …
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Call me crazy, but given that the returns to entreprenerial greatness largely accrue to others (founders/inventors typically capture a few percent of value created), I want to live in a society where the successful are praised, not mocked.
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I also want to see mimetic desire harnessed to make more people strive for greatness (because they want to imitate those celebrated for success), rather than "inspiring" people to join in hyena mobs to take down the great in return for social status.
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Girardin mimesis proposes that immigration is what drives towards conflict however.
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