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Originally Posted by timmgirvan
I'm still not grasping your point about some peoples' greed hurting others! Are you talking about the US as a capitalistic society, or do you target the oil and energy companies! Being wealthy is not a crime,nor is it wrong! In this society, the idea is to carry your own weight...most do,some don't. We have flawed systems in place for healthcare and jobless and homeless,but it's wrong to blame the rich for societys' ills....most likely it's the people who are respnsible for societys' ills.
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Timm,
I used Bill Gates as an example simply because, last I heard, he was the richest person in the world, I prefaced my remarks by saying that as far as I know, he's a decent guy. Some folks here tend to take things far too personally...I don't care if a person has a "luxury SUV" or that he feels the need to inform us of said ownership, the problem isn't people, it's society's mores and beliefs...we are rooted as a society in the belief that the purpose of life, as George Carlin would say, is getting more and more stuff. Do I blame "rich folks"? No, I blame the value system and set of beliefs that creates rich folks. I believe in a world where the purpose of hard work is helping others and sharing the benefits...utopian? Of course, that's how all belief systems are structured...around goals, dreams and views of what constitutes "perfection". Christians believe in a "heaven" occupied by god and angels, I believe that the creator is here...within each of us...or more accurately, that we are part of that creator as are all the universes. The problem with wealth and power is that it creates a desire for more of the same...and people suffer as a result....today, there are two worlds, one occupied by the rich and powerful and one occupied by the rest of us. Those of us in the so-called middle class don't suffer so terribly due to this but alas, the majority of the world does!