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A good portion of HN readers are rich. If you take the perspective of an average 3rd world laborer, vast majority of HN readers are rich, likely including you.

• Emma_Goldman 7y ago
  Humans are communal creatures who have particularist ties to people in their own society. If we want to speak about the intentional beliefs of the rich, I think we need to take an intra-societal view rather than a cosmopolitan one. Five reasons why the rich tend to be worse people: 1) Humans only need some modest necessities to live and a stable income to be secure, and beyond this, our desires are largely manufactured and driven by status 2) Unlike in the past, today, the higher our income the longer hours we are likely to work 3) There are many people who are poor and destitute and need money orders of magnitude more than the rich 4) People have a tendency to search for legitimations for their actions, and so the rich try and justify their wealth as a result of merit, natural inequality, work ethic, etc. The rich are disproportionately driven by status, spend less time with their friends and family - and indeed their lives are absorbed in instrumental gain - hoard wealth at the grave expense of others, and are given to excessive pride and covetousness.