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A lot of the ultra wealthy espouse a nonsense philosophy called "Effective Altruism", which asserts a kind of utilitarian "most good for the most people" ethic, but in such a way that one can basically justify any action as being, eventually, for the most good ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Including being good to hypothetical, unlikely trillions that may live someday if we colonize Mars.