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| 2020-01-18 |
| [Sarah Hoyt] - The problem with power and wealth.... yes, yes, is that I don’t have any. Right. The jokes write themselves. Don’t forget to buy your waitress (she’s a robot) and tip the fish (he bets on the ponies and is always looking for a tip.) Now being serious, for a moment, the problem with power and wealth is that they’re inseparable. And no, not just as our Marxist brethren have been taught, in "a capitalist society." Actually if there’s any hope of separating them it’s a true free market society. Not that we have that. Even under monarchies, those who financed the king usually got power in return (also placed themselves in danger. If my research is correct some ancestors were that bloody stupid. Ah, well.) And at any rate, people with money (or other exchange. After all money is a proxy for goods and services you can’t just carry around in your wallet, right?) can by definition buy the allegiance, obedience or labor of others. In any society. Which means if you have money, you’ll soon have power. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 All true, but if you would acquire wealth sadly some amount of stroke becomes necessary because the woods are full of individuals looking to take your toys away. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-01-18 10:49 |