Well...... I was not aware that anyone "worshiped" the rich.
Not like a deity, but the praise rhetoric seems endless.
Society seems to cite what Bill Gates does more than what Jesus did.
Are there personality cults? Sure. It's human nature in fact.
False. Cults of personalities are invented abstractions not governed by nature.
If you mean someone, doing a 9 to 5 job at the factory till they die.... well of course that's not something anyone wants to be. Why would they be a hero to anyone?
The guy who works the 9 to 5 job at the factory until they save up money and opens their own store, or starts their own business, and becomes wealthy.... yeah that's a hero. Of course that would make them rich. And you don't want that hero.
Heroism is not dictated by someones ability to climb the economic ladder.
Are you implying that you never had a hero who was not financially successful? I sure have.
I know people right now, they worked their whole lives at a job they hated, and never attempt to advance, never tried to go for a better life, and there is nothing 'heroic' about it. Why would any make a hero out of the cranky old mechanic at the dealership that is bitter he never did anything with his life? (and I'm speaking from meeting this mechanic).
Happiness is a mindset. Those people only have themselves to blame for their grief. Not their job or anything else.
A hero is someone that rises above where they are, and succeeds. Of course if they do that, they are rich, and not the "working class" anymore. Phil Robertson was a drunk who whittled duck callers, working a dead end job at a bar. Now he's CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation.
You see, now that's bullshit.
There are different avenues of success outside making money. If success is defined by how good of a slave you are to the money, then I'd say you are going to die with a very unsuccessful and pitiful existence.
And the truth is, most of the people who are wealthy, started with nothing.
Right, that's because the rapid technological and industrial advances of modern Western economies provided for a lot of opportunities. As the country becomes locked down in a cruel stabilizing force, you can expect limited class mobility and a lot more corporate dynasties in the foreseeable future.
Well that doesn't suprise me. Most people don't believe in Jesus, even the self-proclaimed "christians". So the fact they would talk about Bill Gates more than Jesus, when they don't follow or believe in Jesus, shouldn't be surprising.
More than that, even though I am a follower of Jesus, that doesn't mean I moronically bring Jesus up in every thread. If we're talking about "what have the rich done for us!"... I'm not going to randomly start quoting scripture, and talking about Jesus.
People would ignore me, and I wouldn't blame them. People who do that, are kind of wacky.
False. Cults of personalities are invented abstractions not governed by nature.
Well.... Opinion either way. I just look around the world, and in every culture, every society, from the most advanced, to the tribes people, they all look up to someone, whether it is the tribe cheftan, or some bimbo in Hollywood, or some mute monk on a poll in India, or some sports star, or some wacked out, one-glove-wearing skinny guy squealing like a girl, spinning in circles singing too high a pitch for anyone to understand.
Or some nut saying "Hope and Change!" over and over, or a business leader saying "We're going to make America great again".
There are different avenues of success outside making money. If success is defined by how good of a slave you are to the money, then I'd say you are going to die with a very unsuccessful and pitiful existence.
And if I said "slave to money" anywhere, then I would agree with you.
I never said that. And quite frankly, my parents are millionaires, and you couldn't meet a more happy couple in your life.
Heroism is not dictated by someones ability to climb the economic ladder.
Are you implying that you never had a hero who was not financially successful? I sure have.
Perhaps. For example, people of faith who worked in China while Christianity was still illegal. They were not super fiscally successful, but that's a greater cause.
Beyond that... no.
What's your example? Who was impoverished and poor, but you think they are an example you wish to follow?
Happiness is a mindset. Those people only have themselves to blame for their grief. Not their job or anything else.
Now I would agree! But that's part of the point. People who are happy in their work, tend to move up the economic ladder.
See the irony of that prior story, about the grumpy angry bitter mechanic who worked his whole life for seemingly nothing.... Just two stalls down from him was another man, a happy man who loved his work. He saved up money, and built his own garage, purchased land, built a house.
He's likely a millionaire by now. He easily made as much money from his home job, as he did from his regular job. Between his property, his assets, his investments, and his savings... oh yeah, he surely is a millionaire by now, possibly multi-millionaire given how many acres of land he owns now.
Do you see my point? This working class guy, is now the rich. People that are happy, generally move up the economic ladder. He's no longer the "average joe working class" guy that the other bitter angry, never getting anywhere, little man can't get ahead, guy is.
And that's my point. He's a hero.... because he succeeded. Just like my parents.
Right, that's because the rapid technological and industrial advances of modern Western economies provided for a lot of opportunities. As the country becomes locked down in a cruel stabilizing force, you can expect limited class mobility and a lot more corporate dynasties in the foreseeable future.
So, just at the start of this month, I got a roommate.
His name is Shaz. He's from Bangladesh. He is 24 years old. He came to the US 5 years ago. Learned English. He then learned programming.
The last two years, he pulled down $70,000 a year. What did he do with the money?
He drives a 98 Mini-van. He's renting a room in my house for $300 a month. He's earning $70K, but spends nothing. The only time he eats out, it's Sub-way or Chipotle.
Last year he flew back to India, and bought a house there. He wanted it so when he visits family, he wouldn't have to spend money. Plus he rents it out when he's not there.
This year, he flew back, and spent money on a wedding and got married.
Either next year, or the year after, he plans to buy a home in the US, likely here in Columbus Ohio.
All with cash. No loans. No mortgages.
How? He spends nothing.
He just got a new job. In the first money they promoted him. This month, they told him they would pay for his training at Microsoft. They are going to pay, full ride, an education course at Microsoft, that if you paid for it yourself would be $6,000 to $10,000.
Now let me explain why.... here's his work ethic. He works all day at the office. Then when he comes home, he'll work through remote access from home for another 4 to 5 hours. On the weekends, he's reading and learning through any free online courses he can take.
When he's sick... I've found him hunched over his laptop, still punching in code, with a blank and hot tea.
This man is one of the hardest workers I've met. The only other one, is my current boss at my job, who puts in 12 hour shifts.... routinely.
When you tell me that our country is being locked down and there is no social mobility, I keep running into people, seemingly every other week, who simply work hard, and somehow that magic lock-down and broken social mobility doesn't seem to effect them.
And these are the supposedly most disadvantaged people. People who don't have fundamentals like knowing English. They simply choose to learn what they need. No education. They simply work, earn the money, and buy the education they need.
The people who make the effort to succeed, seem to do it. The people who sacrifice, make the big returns.
He could have bought new cars, and stayed in fancy apartments. Instead he's in a tiny rented room for $300 a month.... yet he makes $70k a year?
But he wants to win. He want to invest the money into things that benefit his future, instead of consuming it all today. Then Americans complain about how social mobility has gone down? No. American stupidity has gone up. That's why some hate immigrants that come here and prove so many wrong by succeeding while your telling everyone they can't.
You people.....
