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Old 12-18-2018, 01:53 PM   #474 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
Do you think others should have many thousands times what you have?
People should be as rich as they can be, isn't that the goal? Obviously, there comes a point where you have enough money to bankroll yourself for the rest of your life, then you should start spreading the wealth around.

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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
yes there is
No, there isn't. You're 100% wrong and misdirecting your anger and frustration.

There's nothing wrong with being wealthy. The problem arises when you're rich and then choose to neglect benevolence and philanthropy and not give back to society.

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre View Post
Rich people paint poor people as thieving degenerates.
Lucem is displaying wisdom far beyond his years and some of you choose to write it off simply because you're too scared to reevaluate the beliefs that you cling to.

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how can someone function if they entertain the thought that it's possible for say, Jeff Bezos, to have worked close to a billion times harder than his average employee.
I don't think that anyone is positing that.

We need to demonize the corrupt system and those who leech off of and fuck others over, not the inherent life goal of wanting to be successful.

There are always going to be people who have more than you, and there are always going to be people who have less than you. That's just life. What we do about it is up to us.
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