(July 30, 2015 at 8:14 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Tell me if I'm wrong. It sounds like these people are OK as long as they 1) don't step on people/employees while they make their money and/or 2) use at least some of their money for good once they have accumulated their wealth.
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3) They don't do evil things or spend their money doing evil things (like lobbying to get lower taxes on the rich, cut aid to poor people, etc.).
Now, the number of rich people who are going to not be involved in at least one of those is going to be vanishingly small. Not an empty set, but damn near empty.
Many people like Bill Gates. But that fucker spoke out against raising the minimum wage. He is another rich motherfucker who does not mind if people work for starvation wages. His attitude is, he has his, and fuck you poor people!
And that is what many rich people are like. They are not content to simply enjoy what they have, but are active in trying to keep poor people down. That makes them scum.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
