[rfwhyte]

The depressing reality is none of these people actually believe in their vaunted missions or purposes or whatever nonsense they spout to justify the exploitation of their employees, they believe in money, and are willing to say and do absolutely anything to get it.

[arp242]

I'm not so sure about that, at least not for all of them. Same with cryptocurrencies: there seem to be plenty of folks who really seem to believe all the nonsense. I'm not entirely sure what's worse: the true believers who think they're on a mission from God, or the cynical nihilists who view the world as their person wankdoll to use and abuse.

Of course, with the promise of "we're going to improve the world, and oh yeah, you're going to be rich while improving the world" there's a huge amount of incentive to rationalise anything. Mix with plenty of FOMO and you've got a recipe for some pretty crazy stuff.

[appease7727]

No, some of them are genuinely just that delusional. No greed underneath, just pure egotistic delusion.