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Bro sorry to hear about your cancer and heart failure. I really do have hopes that we can cure/medically prevent those two at some point in the near future.
There are lifestyle modifications to lessen the likelihood of each. That's not to say that there isn't a significant hereditary factor for each (there is, upwards of 60% chance based on genetics), but it is important for us to look at his comment: It's all "me, me, me". Not an ounce of selflessness in that rant. Not "do I have enough to give others when they need it" but rather "will I have enough for myself in my later years". No mention of even passing on knowledge to the next generation or volunteering for a cause (which can even be done as early as in your 20s, I do so myself), but rather the need to lament his own wealth.
He's already indoctrinated into the idea of not caring for other people, which is a method that this system has incorporated into its successful persistence through the last two centuries. Of course he isn't the problem when there are bigger fish to fry, but he is an example of the results of the problem since there are thousands just like him who have grown wealthy enough through selfish desire and barely understand the potential that they have for the sake of others.
Giving an example how the system has fucked them over too isn't 'me me me.' I doubt someone's concern after battling heart attack and cancer is how do I help someone else