| S.T.A.G.E. said:
Much like some immigrants who go to a country just to make money and then leave it without any form of loyalty. The saddest thing about America is that people can take a disproportionate piece of the wealth and then act like its a good thing to leave when people don't kiss their ass. If you are member of the capitalist class, then act like it. There are risks that come with being rich, because if most haven't noticed, they are making money at others demise. It's a tilted scale. Other people want money now more than ever. One who makes millions fucks over hundreds, but one who makes billions fucks over thousands and possibly millions of people on the scale of wealth. There are plenty of middle class people moving out of the country as well for a better life, which is way more than the minority of rich who own the majority of the nations wealth (which is obviously why they pay higher taxes). |
This is what I am talking about. This is what's wrong with the youth of America. It's the view of many people, that the rich must be evil, that to get rich, you have to have done something negative to someone else.
In the old day, people used to aspire to be rich. Being rich was looked at as the side effect of greatness. Today that's not the case. The socialist movement did there work well.
Let me ask you this:
Let's say I invented some cool way to generate power from the contaminates in water. So you pumped ground water into something that took a AA battery to run, and it powered your house for 6 months, and at the same time cleaned the water.
Now, I start selling these things. Because I might be a nice guy, and see myself as somewhat if a humanitarian, I sell them for $300 each (even though I could make 10,000 off of them). To the consumer, they pay for themselves in 3-6 months, and then after that, there lives are much better off then they were without me.
I sell everyone in the world one. I would then be the richest man in the world. Who did I fuck over? Who's lives did I screw? How was I an evil man?
The truth is most rich people in this country are good people. They got rich, by providing a great product or service for less money then the next guy. You hear stories about rich evil men, but think about the rich people you know. How many of them are assholes? I know none that are (and one of them is is one of the top 10 richest men in the US).
Oh, and just so you know. I am not rich. I am not leaving because I have obtained some huge wealth and am taking it with me. When I leave, I will most likely take 20,000 in money, and of course the things I own, that have some value.
I am not poor, but I am no where near rich.
