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Hey, to all you people who are slamming the rich, like the post above, what gives? Are you all communists? How did you get the computer that you typed this on, the electricity that runs it, the house you are in, the gordita that you are shoving in your face???
Money.
Some people inherit wealth, some people earn it, etc. so what? If someone has a lot of money, it is their right to buy whatever they want. If you, (or your fantasy world communist government, or whatever entity would impose your pie in the sky) - required rich people to only spend their money only on college tuition or third world babies then there would be no incentive to make money.
Capitalism is not perfect, but so far nobody has come up with a viable alternative. These posts are saying that rich people are assholes and idiots and pricks - and so are the people who make and sell them luxury goods. I ask, why do you say these things? If I make a tee shirt and sell it for 80 dollars, what is wrong with that? I am happy to have my $80 and the person who bought it is happy to have the shirt. The same holds true for a pack of gum or an expensive bra. If you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it.
Why do you resent wealthy people? Wouldn't you like to be wealthy some day too? If you get wealthy, then you can choose to feed starving babies and send kids to college - and that would be fine.
The bra is a marketing ploy - say it slowly m-ar-ket-ing ploy... Don't get so bent out of shape... BTW, by making such a fuss, you are making their marketing ploy pay off famously. Good, bad - they don't care what people think of them, as long as people think of them. duh!
I personally think that conspicuous consumption is stupid, but I don't get caught up in some immature morality play - trying to label everything "good" or "bad". If you want to live in a place where people aren't allowed to get rich (unless you are in the party of course) then transport yourself back 30 years into the U.S.S.R and see how you like it.
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