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Exactly. It goes to my advice to beggars and solicitors in-front of wealthy retailers: the rich are stingier than most, on average; if they want to collect more

Exactly. It goes to my advice to beggars and solicitors in-front of wealthy retailers: the rich are stingier than most, on average; if they want to collect more money, they need to go to the poor part of town. Billionaires will almost never be charitable except to rehab their image and legacy. Furthermore, relying on a patchwork of charities for social welfare isn't comprehensive enough to meet the needs of the less well-off. Governments also have more capital and individual govt workers aren't necessarily personally-invested in commercial interests (unless they're strategic / MIC). If the people could/would/and should gain control of the government, it might be possible to hostilely-takeover some key businesses with poor labor and abysmal pay records in order to turn them into mostly co-ops to raise workers' up to livable wages.

WalterBright 5y ago
On the other hand, people with money become the target of every charity, every entrepreneur, every solicitor with a sob story, and every scam artist attempting to carve off a piece of that. In addition they get assaulted by waves of paparazzi, star-struck groupies, and people wanting to be their special friend. Naturally, purely out of self-defense, they try to shield themselves from this and are highly skeptical of any unsolicited charity pitches. That does not mean they don't have the same charitable impulses as anyone else. They just go about it differently, like going to charity $$$ per plate dinners, etc.
- failwhaleshark 5y ago
  Absolutely. The insouciance shield of wealth, celebrity, power, or beauty. Like them, I, or anyone else we just want real friends and people acting straightforwardly. I was inadvertently staying at a hotel in Century City that coincidentally hosted the Latin Grammys. There were gawkers and groupies galore acting like headless-chicken spazes. Meanwhile, I'm chilling, nursing a vodka gimlet, and trying to understand what's going on and why certain people are lionized. This is in contrast to homeless people asking for a few dollars rather than wantrepreneurs asking for a million bucks for a 5% convertible pre-prototype.

WalterBright 5y ago

On the other hand, people with money become the target of every charity, every entrepreneur, every solicitor with a sob story, and every scam artist attempting to carve off a piece of that. In addition they get assaulted by waves of paparazzi, star-struck groupies, and people wanting to be their special friend. Naturally, purely out of self-defense, they try to shield themselves from this and are highly skeptical of any unsolicited charity pitches. That does not mean they don't have the same charitable impulses as anyone else. They just go about it differently, like going to charity $$$ per plate dinners, etc.

failwhaleshark 5y ago
Absolutely. The insouciance shield of wealth, celebrity, power, or beauty. Like them, I, or anyone else we just want real friends and people acting straightforwardly. I was inadvertently staying at a hotel in Century City that coincidentally hosted the Latin Grammys. There were gawkers and groupies galore acting like headless-chicken spazes. Meanwhile, I'm chilling, nursing a vodka gimlet, and trying to understand what's going on and why certain people are lionized. This is in contrast to homeless people asking for a few dollars rather than wantrepreneurs asking for a million bucks for a 5% convertible pre-prototype.