Glenn Greenwald
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Okay, yeah, so I think if you listed all eight billion people on the planet in order of who deserves sympathy, she would be like seven spots away from the bottom, if not right at the bottom.
Well, this is the thing, Megan, you know, I grew up like very ordinary. My, my parents were like working class, middle-class, whatever we didn't have. I'm not, you know, we weren't in in-depth poverty, but we weren't, you know, at all prosperous either. Um, And only later in life did I start to find a certain career success because of my work.
Well, this is the thing, Megan, you know, I grew up like very ordinary. My, my parents were like working class, middle-class, whatever we didn't have. I'm not, you know, we weren't in in-depth poverty, but we weren't, you know, at all prosperous either. Um, And only later in life did I start to find a certain career success because of my work.
Well, this is the thing, Megan, you know, I grew up like very ordinary. My, my parents were like working class, middle-class, whatever we didn't have. I'm not, you know, we weren't in in-depth poverty, but we weren't, you know, at all prosperous either. Um, And only later in life did I start to find a certain career success because of my work.
You start to find financial stability and you start to find notoriety for your work. You know this very well. And it is possible that with all these things that you crave and that you always wanted once you get a hold of them, it does bring a certain kind of problem that you didn't anticipate, maybe psychological problems. How do you deal with attention, negative feedback or whatever? But-
You start to find financial stability and you start to find notoriety for your work. You know this very well. And it is possible that with all these things that you crave and that you always wanted once you get a hold of them, it does bring a certain kind of problem that you didn't anticipate, maybe psychological problems. How do you deal with attention, negative feedback or whatever? But-
You start to find financial stability and you start to find notoriety for your work. You know this very well. And it is possible that with all these things that you crave and that you always wanted once you get a hold of them, it does bring a certain kind of problem that you didn't anticipate, maybe psychological problems. How do you deal with attention, negative feedback or whatever? But-
And it's fine to go work on that, to go get that treated, to try and figure out a way to how to deal with those things.
And it's fine to go work on that, to go get that treated, to try and figure out a way to how to deal with those things.
And it's fine to go work on that, to go get that treated, to try and figure out a way to how to deal with those things.
But if you have even the slightest amount of self-awareness, you understand that the problems that 99% of the people face in terms of how they're even going to feed their family, the tragedies that people are going through, the losses that they suffer, the deprivations all around the world make it so pathetic for for you to go and publicly say, hey, gather around me and listen to me.
But if you have even the slightest amount of self-awareness, you understand that the problems that 99% of the people face in terms of how they're even going to feed their family, the tragedies that people are going through, the losses that they suffer, the deprivations all around the world make it so pathetic for for you to go and publicly say, hey, gather around me and listen to me.
But if you have even the slightest amount of self-awareness, you understand that the problems that 99% of the people face in terms of how they're even going to feed their family, the tragedies that people are going through, the losses that they suffer, the deprivations all around the world make it so pathetic for for you to go and publicly say, hey, gather around me and listen to me.
I wanna tell you about all the difficulties that come from being wealthy or from being famous or from being one of the most celebrated women in the world. It's like, I'm not saying there aren't odd things about being the first lady and having that level of fame. There probably are. Nobody wants to hear about her and her difficulties, given the extraordinary blessings that she has.
I wanna tell you about all the difficulties that come from being wealthy or from being famous or from being one of the most celebrated women in the world. It's like, I'm not saying there aren't odd things about being the first lady and having that level of fame. There probably are. Nobody wants to hear about her and her difficulties, given the extraordinary blessings that she has.
I wanna tell you about all the difficulties that come from being wealthy or from being famous or from being one of the most celebrated women in the world. It's like, I'm not saying there aren't odd things about being the first lady and having that level of fame. There probably are. Nobody wants to hear about her and her difficulties, given the extraordinary blessings that she has.
And you have to be so narcissistic not to realize that, you know, it would really be like if Marie Antoinette summoned everybody to Versailles and said, I want you to listen to this speech about how difficult and isolating it is to be a monarch and the queen and to be the, swimming in wealth while you people can't afford bread.
And you have to be so narcissistic not to realize that, you know, it would really be like if Marie Antoinette summoned everybody to Versailles and said, I want you to listen to this speech about how difficult and isolating it is to be a monarch and the queen and to be the, swimming in wealth while you people can't afford bread.
And you have to be so narcissistic not to realize that, you know, it would really be like if Marie Antoinette summoned everybody to Versailles and said, I want you to listen to this speech about how difficult and isolating it is to be a monarch and the queen and to be the, swimming in wealth while you people can't afford bread.
And everybody would be like, I don't, why would I want to hear about your problems?