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mif | 1 year ago

I wouldn’t think so. Envy is this funny feeling we hardly ever admit ourselves but which is part of being human. It happens to everyone no matter where they are in the hierarchy. Or, as Bertrand Russell puts it: „Beggars do not envy millionaires. They envy other beggars who are more successful.“

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082349872349872|1 year ago

leading to the well-known analogy of the crabs pulling each other back into the pot