by smiley » Tue 23 May 2006, 20:06:23
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'y')ou are incorrect. they all share bloodlines.
I agree, it is not just the money but more importantly your network and pedigree. To take an example, Bill Gates is rich but doesn't have any political influence. That might be his own choice, but the same goes for too many of the new riches to be incidental.
After all those new riches are only rich because those in power allow them to get rich.
It seems to me that the elite allows some people to get rich, without giving them power. Perhaps it is some uncounsious (or consious) effort to divert attention from themselves. Perhaps it serves a similar purpose as a state lottery, to soothe the masses.
It basically says: "Hey we are rich and have been for the past centuries but you can be too, so it is fair".
History shows that if they would pose themselves as a closed group, people would soon be lining up the guillotines on the city squares.