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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Frankly I've decided that the "masses" are uneducated simps who'll always be wallowing in the depths of debt. It used to bother me... I wondered.. "why can't we just educate them and help them out of debt?" It still bothers me, but not much. Ensuring my own financial independence is my primary concern, not theirs. If we educated everyone on making money, who would work minimum wage to make my food, etc? We NEED stupid people to make the menial grind work. Enlightened people with investments and realistic plans for the future refuse to be degraded in a minimum wage job. Even as a fiscal liberal, I realize that the majority of people ARE stupider than me, and I know that this alone ensures a relative level of comfort.
And a question to you, Ustwo: if you could ensure a relative financial stability by just going to work everyday and putting in that 8 hours, why should you want to make more? Some people are content being middle class, or even poor.
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If this was fark I'd think you are trolling. Overall, I agree with you I just wish you didn't put it in such a condescending way to the people on the bottom. True, unless we have some communist system where wealth is divided equally we will always have rich, poor, and the people in the middle. I don't have a problem with the idea of having three classes. All I ask is that we ensure that upward mobility is possible and that the 'unwashed masses' are at least paid/given enough so that they can be heathy, educated, and have a descent place to live (as long as they are working or making a proveable effort to secure work).
The Bush/Kennedy/Hilton thing is the exact reason why I have no problem with high inheritance taxes. They didn't do shit to earn that money. Even with the taxes they get a buttload of money (enough to never work a day in their life if that is their choice).