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One generation builds wealth, the next does everything they can to tear it down. Seems like the way of the world. I stopped worrying about the middle class when

One generation builds wealth, the next does everything they can to tear it down. Seems like the way of the world. I stopped worrying about the middle class when I realized that they are the architects of their own ruin.

chrisbennet 9y ago
There is a difference be creating wealth and capturing it. The fellow who builds something creates wealth. The fellow who invests in assets generally does it to capture wealth i.e. make money off other peoples labor.
- beaconstudios 9y ago
  and there's nothing wrong with that, if investing means that more people can build wealth for themselves. Starting a business ain't cheap.
globuous 9y ago
until their vote during the next election goes against your agenda.... You cannot not care about part of the population, even if you think it's their fault they're not doing better. Because the day they go to the streets to tear apart society as we know it, is when it's too late to care about them. Sad but true, history has shown this is how it works. Maybe it's extreme, but it's something to keep in mind. I had this very conversation with my grandpa the other day. He told me "well, you cannot care only about yourself, because you have to make sure other people/classes/whatever aren't so unhappy as to start a revolution."
thatwebdude 9y ago
LOL @ the classism here.
- vinceguidry 9y ago
  I'm middle class myself, so I don't feel all that bad about it. You don't know how many of my family members I've seen fritter away their lives and fall into dependence on the ones with money. Black holes of neediness, these people are. I have very little sympathy for that idiocy. And even less for the decline of rugged individualism in favor of asking the government for handouts. The lower class never had any advantages to begin with so my apathy does not extend there.

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One generation builds wealth, the next does everything they can to tear it down. Seems like the way of the world. I stopped worrying about the middle class when

by vinceguidry 9y ago

chrisbennet 9y ago
There is a difference be creating wealth and capturing it. The fellow who builds something creates wealth. The fellow who invests in assets generally does it to capture wealth i.e. make money off other peoples labor.
- beaconstudios 9y ago
  and there's nothing wrong with that, if investing means that more people can build wealth for themselves. Starting a business ain't cheap.
globuous 9y ago
until their vote during the next election goes against your agenda.... You cannot not care about part of the population, even if you think it's their fault they're not doing better. Because the day they go to the streets to tear apart society as we know it, is when it's too late to care about them. Sad but true, history has shown this is how it works. Maybe it's extreme, but it's something to keep in mind. I had this very conversation with my grandpa the other day. He told me "well, you cannot care only about yourself, because you have to make sure other people/classes/whatever aren't so unhappy as to start a revolution."
thatwebdude 9y ago
LOL @ the classism here.
- vinceguidry 9y ago
  I'm middle class myself, so I don't feel all that bad about it. You don't know how many of my family members I've seen fritter away their lives and fall into dependence on the ones with money. Black holes of neediness, these people are. I have very little sympathy for that idiocy. And even less for the decline of rugged individualism in favor of asking the government for handouts. The lower class never had any advantages to begin with so my apathy does not extend there.