I mean, no one can become that which they hate, right? Don't you think we all deserve to be rich, rather than hate the ones who already are?
Peace!
2006-10-22 09:50:45 · 11 answers · asked by carole 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We can all be rich, wealth is a state of mind. It is all relative, one man's trash is another man's treasure...
“To know you have enough is to be rich”
- Lao Tzu -
2006-10-22 10:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you're having trouble with this notion, a primordial example you can relate to is water rights.
If Bill Gates the 22nd were to buy up all the water rights on earth, bottle water and sell it back to you at a monopolistic rate of $500 per ounce, how would you prosper in this world, assuming you don't die in a week from dehydration?
It's not "hating" the rich, but rather seeing so much unnecessary, concentrated opulence in a world with so many needs.
2006-10-22 17:02:26 · answer #2 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're problem is you think being rich is the only way to prosper in this world. Believe it or not, there are people who don't care for money. Crazy, I know.
We all don't deserve to be rich but we all deserve a decent living, which is far more realistic.
2006-10-22 16:55:04 · answer #3 · answered by fancy unicorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infact you are right,but we need to see why a person should hate the rich,normaly its because one is poor and frustrated as a result he start hating those who are not.
But if one hate because he saw rich as misers or he had an experience in which he saw a rich guy not helping a poor guy who was in need, So it doesn't mean he will never prosper
2006-10-22 17:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by eNjoY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I think a person can have loads of money and not act like a snobby asswipe like so many rich people do. It seems the self made rich are decent people. It's the ones that have inherited it and never worked an honest day in their lives who are the worst.
2006-10-22 17:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jealousy and hate is often confused and treated as if they were the same.
We all wish we were rich; those of us that aren't are jealous of them.
True, some rich (I could make a good arguement for a vast majority of the rich) are out of touch and act only in their own self interests (we often refer to these people as Republicans in the US). But some rich truly realise that their superior economic fortune allows them to help those not as fortunate.
2006-10-22 16:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its all Point of View.
I personally want to be happy, and i dont really care what i have to study, become, or earn to achieve that. Ive lived off of tiny paychecks for a long time and i have all i really need.
Prosperity doesnt necessarily equal money, and money doesnt necessarily equal riches.
2006-10-22 16:54:52 · answer #7 · answered by techno_rules_all 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one hates the rich. What they dislike is the abuse they get from the rich. Money, unfortunately, gives the rich privilege which many abuse.
2006-10-22 17:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easist way to conquer your enemies is to understand them. See fiasco in middle east.
Poor , broke and indebt are choices for most americans. Those who want to change will ,once they decide not to do what is not working.
Then change and act on it.
Poor folks are not birthrights but choices.
Been there done that, never again.
2006-10-22 16:59:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they think we all deserve to be on welfare
2006-10-22 17:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋