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lapfog_1

(30,722 posts)
2. a dying narcissist is an oxymoron
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:10 PM
Feb 4

They seriously think they will live forever. After all, nothing really exists outside their frame of reference.

valleyrogue

(1,896 posts)
5. He is so addled, it is kind of sad.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:12 PM
Feb 4

If it were anybody but Trump, I'd feel sorry for him.

Have you noticed how MUCH he has aged since 2021, when he first left the White House? He REALLY looks old, way older than Joe Biden ever looked. Trump doesn't even dye his hair and eyebrows or do much of a combover anymore.

Intractable

(949 posts)
6. I think it would be to be remembered forever, indelibly.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:20 PM
Feb 4

A man like Musk can choose to be famous or infamous. It's all the same, as long as we're talking about him.

Would Musk rather be George Washington or Hitler? Both will be remembered forever, but I think Musk would choose Hitler.

Why? A quote from Star Trek. "As a matter of cosmic history, it is easier to destroy than create." -- Spock

Musk can hurt us and hurt us greatly, with greater ease, than he can improve us.

From Milton's Paradise Lost, "It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." -- Lucifer

Uncle Joe

(61,148 posts)
8. I believe it depends on what kind of self-image he/she has wired into their consciousness
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:35 PM
Feb 4

What in their mind is great or heroic to their concept of virtue or immortality.

What are their values in regards to the image they want to leave behind?

Thanks for the thread Girard






milestogo

(19,982 posts)
9. He wants perpetual revenge against his assassins, but there are so many
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:39 PM
Feb 4

potential assassins, its really hard to plan it all out.

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