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Question for wealthy ppl
Re: Question for wealthy ppl
by Byron100 » Tue 27 May 2008, 18:13:14
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'W')hat I'm getting at is, many middle class ppl are failing off a cliff right now while the wealthy are spending like mad on themselves without a care or concern about what's happening below them. I mean $25,000 for a playground in your backyard for two little kids? or a $300,000 garage, but wait, we need another one. Or that $80,000 boat, the $80,000 sport car, the $100,000 theater room. Christ, it never ends. At least they could invite me over for a pool party.
Yeah, I know. And how can one not be jealous of those folks??
I would just love to see a popular "anti-rich" movement here in the states...those folks may still be rich, but I want them to suffer the scorn of a resentful, angry public...make 'em sweat a little every time they venture from their fortresses.
Or better yet, let all the rich do the John Galt thing and go live in their own little private enclave with all their rich friends and buddies, and trade gold bars among themselves. That'd suit me just fine, as we don't need them, just as they don't need us.
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide...
...and the meek shall inherit the Earth!
...and the meek shall inherit the Earth!
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Re: Question for wealthy ppl
by Byron100 » Tue 27 May 2008, 18:22:53
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It won't work that way. The wealthy will send John (hard to remember the fellow's real name. We shall call you John while you remain in our employ) on his little, broken down scooter. John (who needs his job) will do it, buy the food, and bring it back.
The merely affluent will get the part-time maid to do the same thing...
As for me, I would adopt appropriate camouflage. A gimmie cap, a T-shirt, old jeans, and work boots. Over that, I would wear some sort of long-sleeved work shirt, unbuttoned. Sunglasses, of course. A pistol concealed somewhere. Another pistol somewhere else. I'd buy an old pickup, put some lumber, cans of paint, and a few other bits of distraction in the back.
Then off I'd go. Ranting about those rich devils every chance I got.
Maybe I'd even set up a delivery service...for the right price. All cash, of course. No checks, no credit cards, no paper.
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It won't work that way. The wealthy will send John (hard to remember the fellow's real name. We shall call you John while you remain in our employ) on his little, broken down scooter. John (who needs his job) will do it, buy the food, and bring it back.
The merely affluent will get the part-time maid to do the same thing...
As for me, I would adopt appropriate camouflage. A gimmie cap, a T-shirt, old jeans, and work boots. Over that, I would wear some sort of long-sleeved work shirt, unbuttoned. Sunglasses, of course. A pistol concealed somewhere. Another pistol somewhere else. I'd buy an old pickup, put some lumber, cans of paint, and a few other bits of distraction in the back.
Then off I'd go. Ranting about those rich devils every chance I got.
Maybe I'd even set up a delivery service...for the right price. All cash, of course. No checks, no credit cards, no paper.
Might not be such a bad idea...if one does have money in a poverty-stricken world, going camo is clearly the smart way to go. Best thing for anyone to do is to blend in with the others...do not ever stand out from the crowd...hehe.
As for the rich staying at home behind 10-foot concrete walls with barbed wire on top, while they let their little pet servants run their errands for them, I can see the kids of those families constantly asking, "Mommy, why can't I ever leave the house? Why can't I go to the store like my friends do? Why can't I ever DO anything?" And Mommy and Daddy will say to them: "Son, I know you feel trapped in this house, but just think how good you have it compared to all those poor slobs out there. Better count your blessings, son, you just don't know how good you have it."
I don't know about you, but that's no way I'd want my kid to have to live, rich or not.
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide...
...and the meek shall inherit the Earth!
...and the meek shall inherit the Earth!
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Re: Question for wealthy ppl
by cowuvula » Tue 27 May 2008, 18:37:20
The poor actuallynwill have it much better, they starve to death
that is a rather painless way to go
the ritch will vomit blood and bowel for three weeks and die a fearful death.
better to be poor.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'A')fter all, it ain't their problem. How long will this kind of behavior continue?
that is a rather painless way to go
the ritch will vomit blood and bowel for three weeks and die a fearful death.
better to be poor.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'A')fter all, it ain't their problem. How long will this kind of behavior continue?
As long as people exist. If you have not read Diamond's book, Collapse, you might find it of interest.
Easter Island and the Norse Greenland colony each had a wealthy class. And, in each instance, those classes persisted to the end.
Not to worry, Vision-master - we in the first world should do far better than the rest of the world.
euorpe will completely be totally annihilated.
western US will have some areas near the coast that are survivable. northern Russia siberia will have srvivors.
China will not have anything at all left on it, they get the smoke from europe and the rads will be enourmous.
Be ready...
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