Because the difference between what he's done and, say, the practice of the people who peddled opioids for a paycheck is one of degree, not kind.
You never lied or went along with something dubious? At least this person is being honest and reflective.
…no?
Certainly not where it impacted more than just me and one other person.
Why would that be normal?
Have you been fired from a job for standing on these ironclad principles?
Had my place to sleep as a young person threatened, for doing the right thing in the family business.
I don’t even feel good about Santa…
But all of us have compromised at some time or place, I have in some places and faced consequences for not doing so in other places. If you haven't compromised yet, then wait until you have a family to take care of.
I prefer being honest about the times I did compromise and took OPs comment in that vein. A true psycho would see nothing wrong and also not be reflective about it.
I’ve also kept from having a family until I’m able to have one without directly* harming someone else to do it.
I’m reflecting. Mostly on what others have, materially, that I do not, but also what I have that they cannot.
Environmental externalities of the existence of my entire country/society notwithstanding - before this goes off into the weeds further.
Are we also going to start putting LLM engineers to the fire because they're accelerating the enshitification of our world? Probably not.