Let’s make it clear, here, that are we are talking about individual net liquid worth. Pure discretionary income devoted to never having to produce beyond providing a socialistic nest of beneficial parasitism to the subjects.
What they need to get is that there ain’t no average.
I don’t know about you guys, but I think lurking guest could have a good future following in Dr. Bronner’s footsteps and making soap with crazy rants on the bottles…
You guys mind easing up on the Return key? It’s making me seasick.
BTW, Gates wrote a damn fine BASIC interpreter. Too bad he went downhill from there.
lurking guest is neither a high school nor college student. He’s a verse libre poet reincarnated as a cockroach, who jumps up and down on the keys of a computer. And not nearly as clever as the last one, if you ask me.
Cockroach?
Voyager, Kafka’s got nothing on what
lurking guest has twisted
into words…
HERE.
Somewhere in
the OP
there had to
be mention of
DA JOOS and the Builderbergs But
I think I
missed IT!
Fuck it,
Man!
This is
kicks, 300 style
“The Pit!”
Or read a book and now subscribes to it’s philosophy.
Until he reads a different book.
Or maybe it’s just his Professor.
I just wanted to bump this bit, because I’m not entirely sure it’s received enough emphasis thus far.
I can cost a lot to appease your conscience. I am sure Gates has a lot to atone for. I read that he ripped off the DOS inventor and has created an empire at least partly via a staff of high power lawyers who would drag people who felt ripped off by Microsquish through courts forever. He had the money and knew how to use it.
The foundation will not break them.
I agree. After altering the percentage in my first sentence to 0.0001%, I’d like to ask again… Does anyone believe you can become a billionaire without being corrupted in some way?
Of course not. I also don’t believe you can become an adult without being corrupted in some way. Poverty is not the same as nobility.
Life is hard, then you die.
Yes. Start with Warren Buffett. See Terry Matthews and then do your own research and be confounded and amazed at all the real people and human beings who made money, created jobs, helped others, and weren’t dicks along the way.
Like you.
I’m entirely willing to take a hit for the team on this one in the name of science.
Well really to be a valid test there should be a couple of us. sigh I guess I’ll volunteer.
That’s like pointing to a couple of respected world leaders and saying they represent the general population of world leaders…fuckstick.
So what you’re saying is “All billionaires are corrupt, except the ones that aren’t”?
I have to admit to being on the fence for a long time on this subject, but yor debating skills have just won me over.
No it fucking isn’t, you moron. You asked this: “Does anyone believe you can become a billionaire without being corrupted in some way?”
Do you believe you CAN do it is what you asked. Therefore, it only takes ONE counterexample to prove that it CAN be done. Therefore, the EXAMPLES that were given ANSWER the fucking question that you fucking asked, fuckhead. If ONE person does it, that proves that it CAN be done. Nobody said anything about them being representative of their group, because that’s NOT THE FUCKING QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED.
THERE’S NO NEED TO SHOUT, YOU TOOL! I’M RIGHT HERE.
Okay, you’ve provided a couple of examples addressing my query, but let me refine my question then.
Does anyone think that non-corrupt billionaires are the norm, or that Warren Buffet and his ilk - well, Terry Matthews at least - are typical of people who create vast personal fortunes?
ivan, I’m asking honestly here… do you think that good, nice, uncorrupted *poor *people are the norm?