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Originally posted by BO$$
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Manipulating others for your own gain is a trait of antisocial personality. You "joke" about wanting to be in absolute power... but people often say as jokes things they actually believe, but think that others wouldn't approve of - this gives a person credible deniability, by being able to say "it's just a joke" if people disapprove.
You said it best yourself: you do whatever it takes to get ahead. You manipulate others, pretend that you care, but deep down you're incapable of empathy towards others, you only care about your own self. You care about behaving in a way that is perceived as "normal" because you think you can manipulate others more effectively that way, and also because you can get more "status" and "power" for yourself that way.
You don't care about right or wrong. As you said: You only side with weaker guys when there is some benefit in it to yourself.
I think either you are seriously suffering from some kind of narcissistic or antisocial disorder (in which case: get help, there's therapy and medication which can help you to lead a fulfilling life) or... it's all just an act. Maybe you still think it's "cool" to act like you don't give a shit about anything, and that caring about things (any things) is a sign of weakness for others to exploit. Or maybe you're practicing for the role of Cartman in the live-action-adaptation of South Park. I don't know which is the case, and I don't really care much either way... Either way, you obviously have some issues to sort out. But don't feel bad, so do we all! We all have problems. Life is not easy.
In any case, I hope you'll find some help for your problems. Because the way you speak, your existence seems like a very sad one.
No I don't believe what I am saying. I believe that open source has been a rousing success and everybody has adopted the model because of the unquestionable success it has achieved. Just like you believe. In fact most products from Adobe, Microsoft, Autodesk etc. are now open source because they realized that it's just better for the world. Plus they wanted to play nice with linux since now it is the dominant OS and had to port all their software to linux. Even windows is now ported to linux and open sourced. And I also believe that we should all gather together and hold hands and sing around the fire.
They are stumbling because they are trying to get the same interface on both mobiles and desktops. And even if the stock isn't the best it has been you can't actually argue with the profit numbers. They rake in the cash even now. People buy windows and they are fine with it, they made a product people want. Not because they have lied cheated etc. No one is going to say that they are nice guys, far from it. But they did what they had to do and won. Reading some mails from and to Bill Gates in the United States v Microsoft shows how real masters think. It should be enlightening for people like to read some of those. Most likely in the same conditions and with the same threats to your business you would have done the same. You just like to think that you wouldn't have.
They are stumbling because they are trying to get the same interface on both mobiles and desktops. And even if the stock isn't the best it has been you can't actually argue with the profit numbers. They rake in the cash even now. People buy windows and they are fine with it, they made a product people want. Not because they have lied cheated etc. No one is going to say that they are nice guys, far from it. But they did what they had to do and won. Reading some mails from and to Bill Gates in the United States v Microsoft shows how real masters think. It should be enlightening for people like to read some of those. Most likely in the same conditions and with the same threats to your business you would have done the same. You just like to think that you wouldn't have.
You like to think that everyone is selfish and only motivated by profit and doesn't care about others, because that way, it's easier to justify your own actions to yourself. Open source must feel especially offensive to you, being that it's fundamentally a co-operative paradigm... and that must really eat you up, it goes against everything your dad taught you, about how it's a dog-eat-dog world and all that... how you can't trust anyone except yourself and that everyone is out to screw you over... and that it's acceptable to do so because everyone does it.
You also seem to think that there's no point trying to change things because "that's how they have always been". Well, you know... the thing is, the "way things have always been" is just an illusion. There's no such thing because things are always changing. There's always two kinds of people... those who are resistant to change, or apathetic to it, maybe because they just don't care, or because they think it's hopeless to even try - or maybe they're just too comfortable and complacent to do anything. And then there are those who actually get up their asses and get things done. Those are the people who come up with real ideas, things that change the way we think, that change our lives. They are the people who notice that there are things that are shitty and wrong and actually do something to change them.
We used to keep other people as slaves. We used to not let women vote. We used to have child labour. Boss, if everyone thought like you, society would never have progressed enough to get us away from living in holes in the ground and playing with our own fecies. We'd all just be "why bother trying to change anything, this is how it's always been!" "Fire? Wheel? What's those things? Sounds like crazy talk, probably made up by some kind of hippy basement dweller!"
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