(22-09-2023, 03:55 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: For me, it's like paying taxes. It is a privilege. It means you have earned or outlaid money and benefited from it. Debt is the same thing, you borrowed, benefited, now you pay back. Unless of course like some you don't, and go bankrupt, or insolvent, and convince yourself that's okay because 'everyone does it'. Victimless crimes... Same level of self delusion. Ditto tax evasion, or avoidance. Personally I don't see the difference, but then I'm not making money being a financial consultant. And taking welfare money because it's there not because it is needed is just a bit sus. Especially if you then turn round and look down on the poor sods who do need it...
I have been arguing the point on farcebbok with a guy who genuinely thinks wealth comes from hard work and sacrifice and anyone who wants to can do it. I really really hope he isn't one of those people he's talking about because he may well be heading for a rude awakening. With luck though, he has family money...
I reckon wealth definitely comes from hard work. Mostly work done by many others to the benefit of the one saying "HardWork . ." who mostly counts it and uses it as a sort of score card showing how much the peasants gave him. Some of it is invested in "Campaign Contributions", a sort of paying forward of gratuities to the referees of the game of life as played after the election.
Entropy is not what
it used to be.