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by hndude 2018 days ago
>Having nice things is a ethical crime-in-of-itself now? Even if he did lots of nice things?

What? Nice strawman there.

>main issue is that he had a nice life and once said something a bit weird

What? No, the main issue is that this guy is so far removed from reality for >99% of the rest of the planet, and yet is preaching all manner of conventional capitalist advice.

I really don't care either way about the guy, I'm not envious of him. I generally just like playing devil's advocate to get people to see things from other perspectives. Its certainly interesting seeing your reaction when all I did was highlight one sentence from the article:

>He got to experience what most of us wish was the real world, as the real world.

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I don't think your selected sentence can be interpreted in any other way other than as envy (wishing for another's life). I do not think I am strawmaning your intent, though you have not explained what alternative you meant if I am mistaken.