The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest

Brian O. Sheppard bsheppard at bari.iww.org
Mon Jan 13 14:22:21 PST 2003


On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> > That's no guarantee that they'll be angry, either.


> Do you think they should be?

Yes.


> I don't think a lot of people want to "be rich" (thank goodness!) -- I
> think they'd just like to be better off than they are. So I think the
> idea of having a $300k income is pretty foreign, like asking them if
> they'd like to be in the top 1% of figure skaters.

I agree. Most people seem to want security, stability, and hope for their children, themselves. Whether that means "being rich" or not, I don't know. But I agree that it generally isn't thought of in those terms.

However, there are some people who do explicitly want to be rich. What to do with them? ;)

Brian

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Il etait enfin venu, le jour ou je fus un pourceau!" - Comte de Lautreamont, Les Chants de Maldoror, 4th Hymn, Strophe 6



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