________________________________ From: Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 1:06:29 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Obama got Osama
I wonder if most people would prefer to be rich? Speaking solely from my experience, I suggest that most people would prefer to do what they would like to do, to that which they enjoy, and makes them feel satisfied and productive. Wealth is the easiest road to this goal, so yes, most people may prefer to be wealthy; but not simply for having the cash, but for having the options that the cash provides. As you noted earlier in the thread, the means are available to provide many, if not most, people with these options, but because of current social and political arrangements these options remain the province of tycoons and saints.
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> PS. I think that most people (save a few die hard idealistic
> intellectuals) would prefer to be rich and live amongst selfish
> bastards than to be poor and live amongst the virtuous.
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> Wojtek
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