Blue Sky Limousine

In a certain frame of mind.

I was wondering about the really rich guys high up in the food chain with million/billion dollar stakes in the Oil industry.

I realized that if you’re living in a selfish mindset, then it makes perfect sense to extend the reign of oil and pollution as long as possible.

Similarly, it makes sense to slice and dice the rain forests for whatever profit they’re worth.

What about the world? Isn’t there the risk of doing damage?

Yes, but someone high up is probably wealthy enough to pay for the creation of their own little world. Pay for irrigation, air conditioning, generators… Who cares about everyone else? Let them go sit in the air conditioned movie theaters.

Like I said, the selfish mindset seems to justify those types of actions.

But what doesn’t make sense to me is why all the wealthy people don’t become philanthropists. I thought it was a generally consistent part of human nature that once you reach a certain level of success, you can stop worrying about yourself, and start helping others.

For some people, you don’t even need to have money to operate that way…