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by montagg 483 days ago
> This presumes these folks had that part to lose. Based on all available evidence, I don’t believe they had the empathy, compassion, or emotional health in the first place. Even after climbing the mountain, they can’t stop, they can’t help themselves. It’s just how they’re wired.

Those are basically the same thing though. Acquiring extreme wealth filters out people with empathy; they either never had it or lost it.