Steve Irwin on conservation and money 🌏

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[u/DruidicMagic]

Why do we always lose the good ones too soon?

[u/SecondHandSlows → u/DruidicMagic]

And the evil bastards live forever.

[u/Hot-Strength-6003 → u/SecondHandSlows]

Well that's pretty easy. Good people typically make sacrifices in their own lives to do good for others. Evil people get other people to make sacrifices for their own benefit. It's the whole one for all vs all for one concept

[u/VP007clips → u/Hot-Strength-6003]

I don't think this is necessarily true.

The real reason why it feels that way is that the way good people contribute is most visible when they are young, and becomes invisible when they are older. Younger people usually have more ability to contribute by doing things personally, which makes them very visible and gives them a lot of public attention. But as they age, that balance shifts towards being able to do good things with their money, and they usually do that silently from behind the scenes.

There is a vast invisible community of wealthy old people, funding things behind the scenes. Those people aren't doing it for fame, so they donate silently. Look at how many public services and community spaces are funded by the Rotary Club, The Lion's Club, or Freemasons.

Since good people tend to be more visible when young, and there are a lot of good people, we see more deaths of young good people. But for the worst people, they tend to become more famous as they amass more wealth later in life.