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- Oct 18, 2021
Ralph's life is a reverse version of George Bailey's life from It's A Wonderful Life. Instead of the world and the people you know having a miserable life if you didn't exist like George Bailey the people in Ralph's life would not only be better off but happy and probably living fulfilling lives if Ralph didn't exist.If Ralph was still capable of introspection, he might find it a sobering thought that the world will be a happier place when he dies. There is certainly nobody close to him who will not be better off after he is gone. The less time that his children spend in his company, the greater the chance they have of growing into well-balanced individuals, which is saying something given the the state of their respective mothers / grandparents.
Ralph once speculated on what must it be like to live in abject fear. What about living in the total absence of love, as a vengeful and spiteful individual - a human cesspool of bottomless rage, who is treated with kid gloves? When he dies the collective response will be a sigh of relief. What a legacy to leave behind.
"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends." Ralph has no friends (because he burns every bridge the moment he thinks they slighted him) and thus is a failure and will die a failure and unloved by the world.