Comment by danielmarkbruce
4 months ago
There is an implication that passionate weirdos are good by nature. You either add value in the world or you don't. A passionate, strange actor or musician who continues trying to "make it" who isn't good enough to be entertaining is a parasite and/or narcissist. A plumber who is doing the job purely for money is a value add (assuming they aren't ripping people off) - and they are playing the game - the money for work game.
I'm not a plumber, but I think the analogy would require the plumber to be strategical about every job they take on. Within a few months, our plumber would only be plumbing for millionaires, installing golden faucets at extreme price points. I would then stop befriending said plumber.
You have a friend who is a plumber, and he figures a way to serve customers with money at high price points with an honest service, and you kick him to the curb?
Extreme price points, not honest service. It's all fairly hypothetical. I don 't know exactly where you'd like the discussion to go. In reality things are always more complicated. I just think that it is a generally a good idea to call out people on anti-social behavior. When, where and how to exactly do that differs in every situation.