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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 …
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.
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.
Finally, I want to live in a society spiritually advanced enough that envy is rare. The envious like to think they act for justice; yet envy is a clear marker of low consciousness & self-worth, a state which rarely produces just action. Saints don't envy - let's be more sainted.
Sadly in "The Incredibles", the inventors were the villains, not the heroes. What we are seeing is straight out of a Rand novel, the hatred of the good for being good.
Sure, the healthy view is "inventors are great and being great is good". But I think both halves are widely disbelieved, especially the second, so I'm happy to see either promoted. If Incredibles only advocates "being great is good", that's still valuable.
That may be some of the criticisms. Those aren't the ones I am talking about. I am talking about the ones that mock him for his effort to help, as if it is an affront to humanity for a brilliant wealthy person to try to save some kids' lives, rather than a noble act.
Sure, it's the "envious hate of those successful" and not the disregard for safety and union-busting that is making Musk an enemy of the public. Get a grasp on reality.
>"disregard for safety and union-busting (...) Musk" >Get a grasp on reality pick one
Religious folks have a point saying that if Jesus came again we’d either not notice or throw him in jail or he’d be @Steve_Sailer circa 2006 blogging to an audience of 6 people.
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