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That guy has way more courage than most people. I never understood the sheltered life of the ultra-rich. Don't they realize how fake it all is?
by samd 17y ago
That guy has way more courage than most people.
I never understood the sheltered life of the ultra-rich. Don't they realize how fake it all is?
- michaelcampbell 17y agoWhat makes their reality any "less real" to them than yours is to you (or mine to me)?
- nfnaaron 17y agoInteresting point. I do sometimes think of rich people in some sort of un-reality. Reality is what you see in front of you. Thanks for pointing that out.
- michaelcampbell 17y agoMaybe it's like velocity - it all depends on the reference frame. "Special Relativity of Money"?
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoBy any objective standard you (and me and everyone else reading this) are ultra-rich. I find this fact to be singularly depressing.
- nfnaaron 17y agoI try to remember that I am in fact rich compared to the rest of the world, no matter how good or bad things may get from day to day. I am, for example, very happy that I can get a drink of clean, safe water whenever I want. I am very happy that I don't live in the middle of war. I am very happy that nobody cares whether I vote or not, and that if I choose (or don't choose) to vote, no one will try to intimidate me with violence or death. Life is good.
- samd 17y agoAnd what do the middle class do with their wealth? Move into the faux community of a suburb.
- anamax 17y ago> And what do the middle class do with their wealth? Move into the faux community of a suburb. What's "faux" about it? They clearly prefer it. How do you know that they're wrong? (Hint: they're not you.)
- _delirium 17y agoI grew up in a suburb, and as a community it seemed pretty faux; it made an effort to keep up trappings of a community, but was pretty clearly just a bunch of houses. I do agree people may well prefer it. It had no community, but the houses were quite nice.
- michaelcampbell 17y agoAgain, what makes that kind of community "faux"? What is a "real" community to you? It almost sounds as if you despise the wealthy for the sake of it.
- abstractbill 17y agoI'd like to at least try being rich though, just to see if I like it ;) Seriously though, I believe I'd be most happy with just enough money to be able to work on the things that really interest me and not have to worry about making money from them (which is to say a lot of money, but not nearly enough to qualify as ultra-rich).