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No problem with that. Its a system. Rich stays rich, poor stays poor. Exceptions only proves the validity of this general rule. http://www.spiegel.de/static/ha

No problem with that. Its a system. Rich stays rich, poor stays poor. Exceptions only proves the validity of this general rule. http://www.spiegel.de/static/happ/_pattern/story/foundation/v2/pub/j65309.html http://www.spiegel.de/static/happ/_pattern/story/foundation/... My favourite joke about 'How you managed to become a millionaire' has a morale that power and wealth is always inherited. Gates maybe a 'self-made' multibillionaire, but his very functioning in this quality only makes "rich stays rich" principle to stand. I would be fascinated would Gates finance social revolution in Mexico, to make people there less poor. Will never happen, because once you rich, you support agenda of the rich.

ArkyBeagle 10y ago
But wouldn't be irresponsible hubris for Gates to meddle in Mexico? It was when William Randolph Hearst meddled in Mexico. If "social revolution in Mexico" looks like "social revolution in Egypt" then I fail to see a probable upside.
- ommunist 10y ago
  ok, call it 'social rearrangement'. Lets make Mexico more democratic, give more power to people, protect elections, and give basic income to every Mexican. Gates's money is more than enough to provide basic income to 10 generations of mexican people. Will never happen though.
  - ArkyBeagle 10y ago
    I happen to work with someone who is still a citizen of Mexico living in the US ( there is family land in Mexico and he can't keep it and be a US citizen ) , and according to him, it's extremely complicated. The big complicating factor is probably the US War on Drugs. But he has stories - like his brother fixed up a car nicely. There's a tax on that, and the car was simply taken, and his brother was taken to jail. If you slosh money around in Mexico, chances are that somebody will take it upon themselves to collect it for themselves. All this being said, Mexico itself seems to be slowly becoming less poor over time. They are, ironically, starting to have problems with people from Central and South America, both criminals an ostensibly non-criminals.
    - ommunist 10y ago
      This is just fascinating. Thank you for sharing that.

ArkyBeagle 10y ago

But wouldn't be irresponsible hubris for Gates to meddle in Mexico? It was when William Randolph Hearst meddled in Mexico. If "social revolution in Mexico" looks like "social revolution in Egypt" then I fail to see a probable upside.

ommunist 10y ago
ok, call it 'social rearrangement'. Lets make Mexico more democratic, give more power to people, protect elections, and give basic income to every Mexican. Gates's money is more than enough to provide basic income to 10 generations of mexican people. Will never happen though.
- ArkyBeagle 10y ago
  I happen to work with someone who is still a citizen of Mexico living in the US ( there is family land in Mexico and he can't keep it and be a US citizen ) , and according to him, it's extremely complicated. The big complicating factor is probably the US War on Drugs. But he has stories - like his brother fixed up a car nicely. There's a tax on that, and the car was simply taken, and his brother was taken to jail. If you slosh money around in Mexico, chances are that somebody will take it upon themselves to collect it for themselves. All this being said, Mexico itself seems to be slowly becoming less poor over time. They are, ironically, starting to have problems with people from Central and South America, both criminals an ostensibly non-criminals.
  - ommunist 10y ago
    This is just fascinating. Thank you for sharing that.