>>” However, NOONE should be living on the street and NOONE should be living in a mansion! There's no room in my world for billionaires.“
Why not? And why is YOUR world vision the correct one? Because you’ve lived a life of austerity which most people would never accept for themselves?
Those billionaires that you loathe are, for the most part, just like you and I—only they were more innovative, clever, intelligent, or accepting of risk tolerance than virtually everyone else on the planet. If someone builds a better mousetrap, and EVERYONE wants that mousetrap, does he not build them their mousetraps? Does he not deserve compensation?
What exactly is the problem with capitalism here that sticks in your craw?
No, most billionaires got there by being thoroughly unethical, willing to hurt people, animals and the planet to get what they want. After all, an ethical person would never be a billionaire, as they would use that money and the power associated with it to do good in the world. No-one needs to be a billionaire, it's just pure, selfish, unethical greed, nothing more.
"No, most billionaires got there by being thoroughly unethical, willing to hurt people, animals and the planet to get what they want."
And your concrete proof is...what?
Look, I personally don't know any billionaires so I can't speak to their moral compasses. Maybe I do but never knew they were that successful because they acted like normal people.
However, I do know a number of millionaires and they got that way because they were smart and could recognize opportunity when it appeared and when it did, they were READY because they had put in the effort to train themselves to be ready when it showed up. They also had SEVERELY elevated work ethics and the overarching sense of goal setting for themselves. They plain just outwork "normal" people.
And you are dead wrong about being "thoroughly unethical". And no, I am far from being in that socioeconomic stratosphere so I'm only able to gauge their behavior and not their riches.
While I know a couple that might fit your talking point description, most are kind, friendly, and willing to help when they can. However, know that they have to make hard decisions about their companies because they know that they are providing for their employees. They don't always get it right and that might be what you are complaining about in having to cut people loose but remember, is some aren't let go, EVERYONE is let go.
>>” However, NOONE should be living on the street and NOONE should be living in a mansion! There's no room in my world for billionaires.“
Why not? And why is YOUR world vision the correct one? Because you’ve lived a life of austerity which most people would never accept for themselves?
Those billionaires that you loathe are, for the most part, just like you and I—only they were more innovative, clever, intelligent, or accepting of risk tolerance than virtually everyone else on the planet. If someone builds a better mousetrap, and EVERYONE wants that mousetrap, does he not build them their mousetraps? Does he not deserve compensation?
What exactly is the problem with capitalism here that sticks in your craw?
No, most billionaires got there by being thoroughly unethical, willing to hurt people, animals and the planet to get what they want. After all, an ethical person would never be a billionaire, as they would use that money and the power associated with it to do good in the world. No-one needs to be a billionaire, it's just pure, selfish, unethical greed, nothing more.
"No, most billionaires got there by being thoroughly unethical, willing to hurt people, animals and the planet to get what they want."
And your concrete proof is...what?
Look, I personally don't know any billionaires so I can't speak to their moral compasses. Maybe I do but never knew they were that successful because they acted like normal people.
However, I do know a number of millionaires and they got that way because they were smart and could recognize opportunity when it appeared and when it did, they were READY because they had put in the effort to train themselves to be ready when it showed up. They also had SEVERELY elevated work ethics and the overarching sense of goal setting for themselves. They plain just outwork "normal" people.
And you are dead wrong about being "thoroughly unethical". And no, I am far from being in that socioeconomic stratosphere so I'm only able to gauge their behavior and not their riches.
While I know a couple that might fit your talking point description, most are kind, friendly, and willing to help when they can. However, know that they have to make hard decisions about their companies because they know that they are providing for their employees. They don't always get it right and that might be what you are complaining about in having to cut people loose but remember, is some aren't let go, EVERYONE is let go.
And the true minimum wage is $0.
Kind of like all politicians are crooks? Or is it just "most"?
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