Today Jesse Jackson Weeps
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Matthew Faithfull wrote:
Character by the way does not 'determine' wealth either or there would be no really bad rich people. Or perhaps you believe there aren't?
I didn't say it "determines wealth". I said it determines your accessibility to it.
Red Stateler wrote:
I didn't say it "determines wealth". I said it determines your accessibility to it.
In an idealised American dream maybe but Mother Theresea would not have supported your point of view, nor Brother Yun [^] who's character I admire very much. Perhaps where character does determine accessibility to wealth it is not always good character that increases that access and bad character that decreases it. Who after all are the ones who escape the ghetto fastest, not always the hard working people of good character but often the con men and those who are prepared to exploit others. There is in the end no correlation between good character and wealth and this foolish notion is very dangerous because it blinds people to the evil deeds of the rich and powerful. When a poor ghetto dwelling bum says "It wasn't me, I was framed" we laugh but when a man in a smart suit with a microphone and standing next to some well known celebrity says it we are minded to give him a hearing.
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
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Matthew Faithfull wrote:
Character by the way does not 'determine' wealth either or there would be no really bad rich people. Or perhaps you believe there aren't?
I didn't say it "determines wealth". I said it determines your accessibility to it.
Matthew Faithfull wrote:
Perhaps where character does determine accessibility to wealth it is not always good character that increases that access and bad character that decreases it. Who after all are the ones who escape the ghetto fastest, not always the hard working people of good character but often the con men and those who are prepared to exploit others.
And you base this oonnnnnn....?
Matthew Faithfull wrote:
There is in the end no correlation between good character and wealth and this foolish notion is very dangerous because it blinds people to the evil deeds of the rich and powerful. When a poor ghetto dwelling bum says "It wasn't me, I was framed" we laugh but when a man in a smart suit with a microphone and standing next to some well known celebrity says it we are minded to give him a hearing.
There are certainly immoral rich people. I'm not arguing against that. But the aquisition of wealth requires industry, not sloth. If you contribute positively towards the material progress of mankind, you are rewarded for it. If you don't, then you are not (unless you win the lottery). It's that simple.