Until most of the bottom 99% of the American economy revise the notion that wealthy people deserve their power and are better than they are, America’s untouchable oligarchy will continue to grow and exploit them. In a few more years, it is possible that the dominant oligarchs will be the trillionaires.
Until most of the bottom 99% of the American economy revise the notion that wealthy people deserve their power and are better than they are, America’s untouchable oligarchy will continue to grow and exploit them. In a few more years, it is possible that the dominant oligarchs will be the trillionaires.
A fortunate few of us chose careers that were fulfilling and satisfying rather than ones that merely make one super-rich. Healthcare providers, civil servants, the military, police, educators, and even many local politicians live modest lifestyles and have modest standards of living. However, they still have a higher quality of life than most billionaires and super-rich celebrities. Mentoring, inspiring, and enabling a better tomorrow for - in many cases, total strangers - imparts a very satisfying life.
Ironically, most billionaires, look at the bottom 99% smugly as, in Donald Trump’s words, “losers and suckers.” Of course, billionaires all got super rich by exploiting the bottom 99% via America’s rigged economy. Our free-market capitalist democracy does offer all Americans the opportunity to be obscenely wealthy and to live like royalty through the ruthless exploitation of others. Ironically, most Americans overlook that obscene wealth and celebrity comes at a very high cost. Billionaires forfeit their soul, their anonymity, and their freedom to trust others - because, like you, even other billionaires might wish to befriend you merely to exploit YOUR wealth and celebrity. Is this really how we want to continue to live?
Until most of the bottom 99% of the American economy revise the notion that wealthy people deserve their power and are better than they are, America’s untouchable oligarchy will continue to grow and exploit them. In a few more years, it is possible that the dominant oligarchs will be the trillionaires.
A fortunate few of us chose careers that were fulfilling and satisfying rather than ones that merely make one super-rich. Healthcare providers, civil servants, the military, police, educators, and even many local politicians live modest lifestyles and have modest standards of living. However, they still have a higher quality of life than most billionaires and super-rich celebrities. Mentoring, inspiring, and enabling a better tomorrow for - in many cases, total strangers - imparts a very satisfying life.
Ironically, most billionaires, look at the bottom 99% smugly as, in Donald Trump’s words, “losers and suckers.” Of course, billionaires all got super rich by exploiting the bottom 99% via America’s rigged economy. Our free-market capitalist democracy does offer all Americans the opportunity to be obscenely wealthy and to live like royalty through the ruthless exploitation of others. Ironically, most Americans overlook that obscene wealth and celebrity comes at a very high cost. Billionaires forfeit their soul, their anonymity, and their freedom to trust others - because, like you, even other billionaires might wish to befriend you merely to exploit YOUR wealth and celebrity. Is this really how we want to continue to live?