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Not jealousy. After all, I could have much more if I wanted to. But I am wise enough not to want it.
Most of us could have much more if we wanted it. Everyone makes choices with what to do with their life. And I am wise enough to know what I want and how to achieve it. I am very comfortable with my choices. And that is the important thing; they are MY choices, not the government's choices.
You shouldn't think your choices are any better than others. You may choose to sit by a stream. I may choose to ride my Harley. I have no issue with your choices, but don't try to choose for me.
Interesting. You think society would have been just as well off if a foundation that is posed to save over 8 million lives had never existed. What you produce in your life is not a zero sum game. If you only give back what you have been given, then you should be ashamed of yourself.
Gates all but stole his billions from the people, by stealing other people's ideas, but using dubious practices when trying to create a monopoly, etc. Sorry, but I am not impressed by a criminal doing community service...
Gates all but stole his billions from the people, by stealing other people's ideas, but using dubious practices when trying to create a monopoly, etc. Sorry, but I am not impressed by a criminal doing community service...
Stealing is illegal. He didn't steal anything from Apple. In fact, he PAID for a license to use Apple's GUI in 1988.
Then it is 100% their fault for making the decision to live like that.
With all due respect, to me that sounds like a miserable way to live. I would much rather have a whiskey sour in hand at a bar overlooking the downtown of a thriving city than listen to rain. I would much rather fly to Colorado and go rock climbing for a week, then fly to NYC to tour the MET a few months later than walking around beside a brook.
Life your live however you want. If you enjoy the way you live, then great! Just stop being so arrogant as to think that your way of living is better than any other. Personally? I am not important enough to sit around listening to rain and not contributing to future generation's economic livelihoods.
You are confusing wisdom with an arrogance.
I do think my way of life is better, simply because it is much more sustainable and much less invasive. That is all that matters to me. The world is not about my having fun, it is not about me at all. It is about surviving in the very long run, just like it has always been.
Why would anyone subtract the value of one's home which is most people's greatest asset unless one was trying to skew the data?
The entire point of that exercise is to distinguish the distribution of "financial" wealth (stocks, bonds etc) which is concentrated in a small number of hands, from the commonly-held wealth of owning one's home.
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