Global Wealth: One Giant Pyramid Scheme?

[Dinner]

What good is it to be a capitalist if you aren't going to also be a nepotist?

[Sava]

I wouldn't give sh1t to my kids... I'd give them ample opprotunity... like good schooling, but I'd do one of two things.
1. Spend my money on myself
2. Do something good with it

1 being the most likely.

[Cyclotron]

Originally posted by Sava
both have aspects that can be combined and be beneficial to society

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you mean capitalism and communism, not gin and tonic...

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Oerdin
What good is it to be a capitalist if you aren't going to also be a nepotist?

I suspect that Gates believes that the Windows trick will not work twice.

I see Buffet not as a capitalist, but as a genial artisan, like Stradivarius, who will never be equalled.

[Sava]

Originally posted by cyclotron7


I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you mean capitalism and communism, not gin and tonic...

both actually... the latter helps ugly people find mates.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by DAVOUT
Whatever is the talent of one person, somebody or something must remind them regularly that their own efficiency would be close to nothing if they were alone, and that they indirectly depends from many others working here or elsewhere to achieve anything valuable.

They should also be reminded that their performance depends for an enormous part of the fantastic achievements of the preceding generation, and that they have an obligation to tRansmit the heritage in good shape to their children.

elegant

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by cyclotron7
The children must be pissed, though...

Yeah, but that doens't mean that they aren't better off.

[Cyclotron]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Yeah, but that doens't mean that they aren't better off.

That's true, and it's a good lesson to learn that your life should be defined by what you do, and your success based on what you accomplish, rather than what you have been given or how you are provided for by others.

[Imran Siddiqui]

1. Spend my money on myself
2. Do something good with it

1 being the most likely.

You philantropist .... not that I'm being critical, I plan to follow choice 1 myself .

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

1. Spend my money on myself
2. Do something good with it

1 being the most likely.

You philantropist .... not that I'm being critical, I plan to follow choice 1 myself .

At the time being I have no other choice but to do the same

[Kuciwalker]

I'd leave my money to my kids. I'd just make sure not to die too soon

[Dinner]

I haven't spawned any offspring (I'm only in my 20's) so I'd probably just make sure I spent it all before I died.

[Kuciwalker]

Neither have I (I'm just predicting, I'm 15 )

[SlowwHand]

The TRUE meaning of Globalization


Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?

Answer: Princess Diana's death.

Question: How come?

Answer: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in
a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a
Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whiskey, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,
on Japanese motorcycles, treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian
medicines!

And this is sent to you by an American, using Bill Gates'
technology.


And you are probably reading this on one of the IBM clones that use
Taiwanese-made chips, and Korean-made monitors, assembled by Bangladeshi workers
in a Singapore plant, transported by lorries driven by Indians, hijacked by
Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen, trucked by Mexican illegal
aliens, and finally sold to you.


That, my friend, is Globalization!

[Kuciwalker]