• Dharma Curious
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    1 year ago

    In the court of public vibe check he was guilty regardless of what actually happened. Poor dude’s life was tragic. I’m not normally one to feel a whole lot of sympathy for the mega rich, but MJ was a good one.

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      Yeah. From what I’ve heard his brain was either kinda stuck in “child mode” or it easily reverted to it due to the trauma and abuse he received growing up. He could act like an adult if he had to, but he was a child pretending to be an adult so to speak. A lot of his life was the result of trying to experience a childhood he didn’t get to have as a result of being in the Jackson 5.

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        And then there was the time he rented a whole grocery store so he could have the experience of shopping for groceries. Ordinarily it seems like a fucked up entitled billionaire conspicuous consumption thing to do. But MJ gets a pass in my book.

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          Honestly, if I was never really able to experience the life of a normal person, and craved that experience for even a moment, I’d probably be willing to drop a lot of money too.

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      I think it helps that he wasn’t mega rich from his own wishes. His dad forced him to perform until he got mega rich.